Hot soup on a cold day

[Big_Al]

Hot soup on a cold day is one of the rewards of winter. We recently had a tomato soup with fire-roasted red peppers and diced tomatoes that was seasoned with onions, garlic, and smoked paprika, all blended after cooking. Delicious with grilled cheese sandwiches and made enough to have a couple of mugs stashed in the refrigerator.

Big Al

[AdagioM]

@Jodi Smoked paprika is great for a deep bacon-y zing when you’re not eating meat! We love it, too. Sprinkle on split pea soup…

[Mik]

Try Espelette pepper too. Delicious, similar to Aleppo with a bit more fruit and heat. On Amazon.

[Mik]

As usual, the soup is better today, but the heat from the serrano has amplified. That's great for me, but others might not like it so much.

[Steve Miller]

Making these Mexican beans again today. I’ll serve them with the leftover brown rice from the rice cooker experiment. Leaving out the pork.

It’s the fresh tomatoes that make them so good. Abuela probably used canned and so did Nonna; Rick Bayless does too, but fresh really makes a difference. Makes them taste more California or something.

https://www.wskg.org/episodes/2020-09-21/milk-street-mexican-favorites-ep-402

Forecast calls for more snow Saturday and Sunday.

🥶🥶🥶

[wtg]

@Steve-Miller said in Hot soup on a cold day:

leftover brown rice

Don't forget the ice cube trick!

[Steve Miller]

[Mik]

Yep, I'd like that bunches. Saved the recipe

We did not have a ham bone this year, so I'm craving a big pot of ham and bean soup with smoked ham hocks. I may make this recipe this evening - very quick, meatless.

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/marcella-hazan-white-bean-soup-review-8348453

[wtg]

@Mik said in Hot soup on a cold day:

We did not have a ham bone this year

Got any breakfast places around you that serve ham carved from the bone? We have one around here called Mr A's; it's been open forever. They sell the ham bones to customers. Bonus is that there's still a lot of ham on them....

[Mik]

Made the bean soup tonight. Too bland, so I added more salt and pepper plus some liquid smoke. Tastes pretty good with an unfussy Bordeaux and sourdough toast.