Lately, I feel inspired to try to cook something. So, I picked up Laura Calder's new cookbook "French Taste - elegant everyday eating". If you know me, I'm by no means any expert in the kitchen. But I feel somewhat confident with this super easy soup. There's really only about 4 main ingredients. It is a zucchini soup thickened with the commerical cheese. The brand of the cheese has the picture of a laughing cow. ("vache qui rit" means "laughing cow")
Here`s my adapted recipe:
2 small onions
4 zucchinis, chopped
2 cups of chicken stock
Salt and pepper
A pinch of Cumin
4 triangles of the Laughing Cow cheese
All you do is put the onions and zucchinis in the chicken stock. Simmer it for about 15 minutes until the ingredients are softened. Turn off the heat. Add the cheese. Then puree the soup. You could either use an immersion blender or ladle the soup mixture into a blender and puree. I, then, pour the soup through a fine sift for a smooth consistency. You can skip this step, if you prefer.
There it is, here is my vache qui rit soup - sounds fancy, but as you see, it's easy peasy. It taste yummy too. The cheese makes the texture creamy, but doesn't leave a strong taste. Apparently, every French mummy knows how to make this soup for their kids. There are tons of recipes in the book, I hope to share more with you soon. Au Revoir, mon amis!
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