Hearty Cream Of Spinach Soup Recipes

CREAM OF SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine water, bouillon, and spinach. Bring to a boil, and cook until spinach is tender.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour, and cook for 2 minutes. Gradually whisk in milk. Season with minced onion, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Stir in spinach mixture.

CREAM OF SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté the onion: In a large saucepan over medium heat, sauté onion in butter for 4 minutes or until translucent.
• Build the soup: Add potatoes, chicken broth, water, and bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Add spinach and cook for 2 to 4 minutes longer until spinach is tender.
• Purée the soup and add the half and half: Working in batches, purée soup mixture in a blender. Return to saucepan. Whisk in half and half, salt, and pepper.
• Whisk in the sour cream: Over low heat, bring to just before simmering. Whisk in the sour cream. You may want to use an immersion blender to get the sour cream fully incorporated. This soup can be served hot or chilled. Garnish with chopped chives, sprinkles of allspice, or a dollop of sour cream.

HEARTY PEA-AND-SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and a 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring, 3 to 5 minutes. Add stock, and bring to a boil.
• Add peas, and return to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas are tender and bright green, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in spinach. Cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, until spinach has wilted, 2 to 3 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• Working in batches, puree pea mixture in a blender, filling no more than halfway and adding up to 2 tablespoons water to each batch to achieve desired consistency. Stir in lemon juice, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Ladle soup into bowls.
• Fill a pastry or resealable plastic bag with cream. Snip off tip or corner of bag. Draw parallel horizontal lines across each serving of soup, spacing lines as desired.
• Starting at bottom, drag the tip of a wooden skewer upward through the rows of cream. Starting at top and spacing as desired, drag skewer downward through rows of cream. Repeat, reversing direction every other line. Serve immediately.

HEARTY CREAM OF SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, let the butter melt over medium heat.
• Add in the onion, carrot, and spinach; cook and stir frequently for 3-4 minutes or until vegetables are softened.
• Add the soup mix, then the milk; whisk until mixture is smooth.
• Bring to a boil, add in nutmeg and pepper; lower heat to medium-low and simmer 5 minutes or so before serving.

MUSHROOM-SPINACH CREAM SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute mushrooms and onions in butter until tender. Stir in flour and seasonings until blended; gradually add milk and broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Stir in spinach. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until heated through.

HEALTHY CREAM OF SPINACH SOUP (NO CREAM!)

Steps:

• Remove the green leaves from the cauliflower, remove the stem and chop the florets coarsly.
• Wash the spinach well, dry in a towel or salad spinner and chop coarsely.
• In a stock pot, heat the oil over medium heat and add the garlic, cook for just 30 seconds.
• Add the cauliflower, broth and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the spinach and cook another 5 minutes, until the spinach is wilted and the cauliflower tender. Mix in the mustard and thyme.
• Using a hand-held immersion blender, puree the soup in the pot until smooth.
• Add pepper and additional salt to taste.

"CREAM" OF SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Bring water and salt to a boil; cut the potatoes in half lengthwise, and then into 1/2" thick slices; boil over medium-high heat for twenty minutes.
• Add the spinach and boil another 10 minutes being careful to not overcook in order to maintain it's bright green color.
• Drain, reserving 1 1/4 cups cooking liquid; in a food processor, process the potatoes and spinach until very smooth, adding the butter 1/2 T at a time.
• Return the puree to the pot and add the reserved liquid until the desired consistency; reheat slowly and season with salt and pepper; ladle into shallow soup plates and garnish with nutmeg or shaved cheese.

CREAM OF SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• Add the carrots and onion and saute in the butter until softened, about 3-5 minutes.
• Add the stock and bring to a boil over high heat, then add the spinach.
• Reduce heat to medium and let simmer for about 8-10 minutes, or until spinach is done.
• Whisk in the milk or cream and the seasonings and heat through briefly (about five minutes more), stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat.
• Serve piping hot.