Nettle soup

By Pam Brunton From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients 100g/3½oz unsalted butter 100g/3½oz leek (about ½ leek), finely sliced 150g/5½oz potato (about 1 small potato), peeled and finely sliced 1 litre/1¾ pint good-quality flavoured stock (chicken, vegetable or mussel) 100g/3½oz new potatoes (tiny Jersey Royal ‘mids’ are ideal) 1 …

Canadian cheese soup with black pudding and apple

By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the soup 2 tbsp olive oil 30g/1oz unsalted butter 4 rashers streaky bacon, chopped 1 onion, diced 1 potato, peeled and diced 1 garlic clove, chopped 2 celery sticks, chopped 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme 1 bay leaf …

Thai coconut chicken soup with summer rolls

By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the Thai coconut chicken soup 400ml/14fl oz chicken stock 3 chicken thighs, on the bone ½ onion, thinly sliced 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 12 slices galangal 2 lemongrass sticks, bashed 6 lime leaves 2 bunches coriander …

Chilled courgette soup with marinated squid salad

  By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the chilled courgette soup 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 onion, sliced ½ fennel bulb, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 4 large courgettes, chopped 500ml/18fl oz chicken stock 30ml/1fl oz double cream 25g/1oz Parmesan, grated salt and …

Tourin soup

By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the soup 3 tbsp duck fat 1 onion, diced 1 head of garlic, separated into cloves, peeled and chopped 1 bay leaf few thyme sprigs 1 tbsp plain flour 500ml/18fl oz chicken stock 2 free-range egg yolks …

Braised pork cheek, onion soup, wild garlic and soda bread

By Tom Booton From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the pork cheeks dash olive oil 4 pork cheeks, excess fat removed 1 carrot, roughly chopped 1 celery stick, roughly chopped 1 garlic clove 1 banana shallot, cut in half 500ml/18fl oz beef stock 1 bouquet garni 50g/1¾oz butter For …