Creamy Courgette Soup

Creamy courgette soup with potato, refined with cream and Parmesan. A straightforward dish suitable for the courgette season.

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Preparation time 30 min (15 min cooking/baking)

Ingredients

4Servings
  • 1 piece Onion (40 kcal)
  • 1 clove Garlic clove (7 kcal)
  • 1 medium Potato (77 kcal)
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil (225 kcal)
  • 1 tbsp Butter (111 kcal)
  • 500 ml Vegetable broth (75 kcal)
  • 400 g Courgette (68 kcal)
  • 150 ml Cream (516 kcal)
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Nutmeg
  • 1 pinch Sugar (8 kcal)
  • 0,5 tbsp Lemon juice (2 kcal)
  • 1 small handful Parsley (finely chopped) (4 kcal)
  • 20 g Parmesan (shaved) (78 kcal)
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil (for drizzling) (225 kcal)

Preparation steps

  1. Peel and finely chop onion and garlic. Peel potato and coarsely grate it.
    • Onion (1 piece)
    • Garlic clove (1 clove)
    • Potato (1 medium)
  2. Heat two tablespoons of olive oil and butter in a pot. Sweat onion and garlic cubes until translucent. Add grated potato and briefly sauté.
    • Onion (1 piece)
    • Garlic clove (1 clove)
    • Potato (1 medium)
    • Olive oil (2 tbsp)
    • Butter (1 tbsp)
  3. Deglaze with vegetable broth. Bring to a short boil and simmer for about 5 minutes over medium heat.
    • Vegetable broth (500 ml)
  4. Quarter courgettes lengthwise and cut into 1 cm cubes. Add courgette cubes to the soup, bring to a boil and simmer for another 10 minutes.
    • Courgette (400 g)
  5. Remove soup from heat. Add cream and puree finely with a hand blender. Season with salt, pepper, sugar, nutmeg and lemon juice.
    • Cream (150 ml)
    • Salt
    • Pepper
    • Nutmeg
    • Sugar (1 pinch)
    • Lemon juice (0,5 tbsp)
  6. Shortly before serving, foam the soup again with the hand blender. Serve drizzled with parsley, Parmesan shavings and the remaining olive oil.
    • Parsley (finely chopped) (1 small handful)
    • Parmesan (shaved) (20 g)
    • Olive oil (for drizzling) (2 tbsp)