Summer soup recipes
Soups: not just for winter. Make the most of all the glorious seasonal produce around with our summer soup recipes.
These summertime bowlfuls include classics like fresh tomato soup and sweetcorn chowder. Celebrate your hard work in the veg plot by making Gill Meller’s summer greens soup, packed with herbs, fennel and broad beans.
Cool down on a hot day with a chilled soup. The Spanish are masters of the art, of course. We’ve got recipes for classic gazpacho and ajo blanco, plus some fun twists like José Pizzaro’s strawberry gazpacho.
Sun refusing to come out from behind the clouds? Spend a rainy afternoon batch cooking soups and broths made with seasonal veg, then stash them in the freezer. Whatever the weather, there’s a summer soup recipe to fit the bill.
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Leek recipes
Vichyssoise
A simple leek and potato soup is whizzed up until it’s super-smooth, then chilled to give it a creamy, luscious texture that’s perfect for summer.
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Garlic recipes
Ajo blanco
Also known as white gazpacho, this southern Spanish chilled soup combines sweet grapes, creamy almonds and bread.
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Cold soup recipes
Watermelon gazpacho
A twist on the Spanish classic. Watermelon adds a refreshing sweetness to this chilled soup, working wonders with the salad veg.
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Cold soup recipes
Sweetcorn gazpacho
This bright yellow chilled soup is thrumming with sweetcorn’s delicious flavour, balanced out by yellow pepper and jalapeńo for a Mexican-inspired finish.
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15-minute meal recipes
Chilled herb and greens soup
Need to cool down on a hot day? Take those wilted leaves languishing in the fridge and 5 mins later – huzzah! Chilled herb and greens soup.
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Summer soup recipes
Raymond Blanc’s pistou soup
This simple, hearty pistou soup – combining lots of fresh vegetables in a flavoursome broth – is a delicious summer starter or main.
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Aubergine recipes
Burnt aubergine soup with rice and herbs
Josh Katz's burnt aubergine soup is a delicious combo of flavours and textures: smoky aubergine, crispy shallots, tomato and a chilli kick.
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Tomato recipes
José Pizarro’s carajamandanga (chilled tomato soup)
Chef Jose Pizarro shares his recipe for carajamandanga, a chilled tomato, pepper and courgette soup which is similar to gazpacho.
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Soup recipes
Almond salmorejo soup
Salmorejo is a tomato-based Spanish soup from Andalucía, served chilled. You can keep it in the fridge for a speedy lunch; it's especially good on a hot day
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Vegan dinner recipes
Summer garden soup
Gill Meller's beautiful summer garden soup recipe made with broad beans, fennel, new potatoes and herbs is a way to celebrate all things good and green.
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Summer soup recipes
José Pizarro’s strawberry gazpacho
Try José Pizarro's recipe for strawberry gazpacho. It may sound like an unusual incarnation of the traditional recipe, but the result is just terrific.
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Soup recipes
Green pea soup with frankfurters
This recipe by David Pitchford combines Frankfurter sausages, peas and cream to make a hearty soup that's perfect for colder evenings.
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Summer soup recipes
Chilled pea soup
Delicately fresh and sweet, this chilled pea soup is a summer stunner. It's cheap to make too as it uses frozen petit pois.
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Healthy soup recipes
Quick vegetable minestrone
A fresh, vibrant bowl of goodness that’s ready in just 20 minutes. And this minestrone soup contains two of your five-a-day too.
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Summer soup recipes
Tomato gazpacho
Make this tomato gazpacho ahead, then serve chilled on a hot day in summer with crusty bread and a cool glass of dry sherry on the side.
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Tomato recipes
Roasted tomato soup with croutons
Use up overripe tomatoes in this comforting soup. Roasting the tomatoes provides extra flavour while the croutons add a satisfying crunch. Double the recipe and freeze the leftovers for an easy midweek dinner.
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