Mashed soups are a great dinner dish, especially at home with children.
No need to puzzle what to cook for yourself, but what for the baby.
Almost all dishes are made from potatoes, but with different additives.
Choose a soup to your taste!
Puree soup with croutons - general principles of preparation
Vegetables for mashed soup need to be well cooked so that there are no problems with chopping. Since the liquid is usually added strictly according to the recipe, you can even boil the slices a little. If potatoes are low in starch, this is problematic, it remains tough for a long time and such varieties are not suitable for preparing cream dishes.
What vegetables are still put in mashed soups:
• zucchini;
• different types of cabbage;
• pumpkin;
• carrot;
• celery;
• bow.
In addition to vegetables, frequent guests in soups are: mushrooms, chicken, meat, cream, various types of cheese. And, of course, croutons. It is best to use croutons made of white bread for delicate creamy soups. It needs to be cut into cubes or cubes, then fried in a pan or dried in the oven.
Recipe 1: Mashed Soup with Croutons and Broccoli
One of the most useful options for mashed potato soup with croutons. The minimum set of ingredients. If there is no fresh broccoli, then use frozen.
Ingredients
• 500 grams of potatoes;
• 250 grams of broccoli;
• 700 ml of broth (water);
• 150 grams of cream;
• white bread or loaf;
• spices.
Cooking
1. Cut peeled potatoes into cubes, fill with broth or water and set to cook.
2. After 10 minutes, add broccoli. We divide cabbage into small inflorescences. If it is frozen, then nothing needs to be done. Salt and cook together until tender.
3. Beat the soup with a blender, add cream.
4. Put on the stove again and bring to a boil.
5. To prepare the croutons, cut the bread into cubes, sprinkle with any oil, just a little bit, sprinkle with salt and fry in the oven.
6. Pour the mashed potato soup into plates, serve with homemade croutons.
Recipe 2: Mashed Potato Soup with Croutons
Potato soup with croutons is one of the simple and tasty dishes. The broth can be used any, including vegetable. If there is nothing, then you can cook a dish on the water. These foods make four servings of soup.
Ingredients
• 800 grams of potatoes;
• 1 carrot;
• 40 grams of butter;
• salt pepper;
• 1 onion;
• 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 1.5 liters of broth;
• 40 grams of flour;
• croutons for serving and greens.
Cooking
1. Peel the potatoes, cut into slices and throw them into the pan. Add 2/3 of the broth and cook until soft, do not forget to salt in the middle of cooking. Potatoes should be very soft, even a little boiled.
2. Shred straws onion, fry in vegetable oil. Two minutes later we put carrots to it and fry until cooked. We don’t make a big fire; vegetables should become soft.
3. In another pan, melt the butter, add the flour and fry until creamy, then add the remaining broth with a thin stream. Stir continuously to prevent lumps.
4. In the boiled potatoes we put the fried vegetables, the flour brewed with the broth and mashed together. We taste, add pepper, more salt.
5. Pour the mashed potato soup into plates, sprinkle croutons on top, decorate with fresh herbs.
Recipe 3: Soup mashed potatoes and zucchini with croutons
To prepare this mashed potato soup with croutons, you will need zucchini. We select young fruits of a small size with a delicate skin and small seeds.
Ingredients
• 300 grams of potatoes;
• 400 grams of squash;
• 1 head of onion;
• spices;
• 2 tablespoons of oil;
• 1 carrot;
• 20 grams of butter;
• 0.5 loaves.
Cooking
1. Cut the zucchini into cubes, also potatoes, carrots can be a little smaller. We put the vegetables in a pan, pour a liter of water or broth, cook until completely soft. Five minutes before cooking, salt.
2. Fry in a pan peeled and chopped onion in small cubes. We send to the cooked vegetables.
3. Together, mashed with a blender, add pepper and any other spices to taste.
4. Take a loaf, it is better to use stale. Cut into small cubes.
5. Heat a piece of butter in a frying pan, fry the sliced long loaf until golden brown. Do not forget to stir the slices so that they are fried on all sides. For taste, you can slightly add salt.
6. Pour mashed potato soup into plates, sprinkle with herbs and serve with fresh croutons.
Recipe 4: Mashed Soup with Croutons and Mushrooms
The recipe for a very fragrant soup, which will need fresh mushrooms. A dish is prepared with cream, which gives it a very delicate taste.
Ingredients
• 600 grams of potatoes;
• 300 grams of fresh champignons;
• spices;
• 200 grams of onions;
• 500 grams of cream 15%;
• vegetable oil;
• 100 grams of toast;
• greens of dill, parsley.
Cooking
1. Cut the washed and peeled mushrooms into slices. Dice the onion. All together, fry in a pan with the addition of oil. Fry over low heat until cooked.
2. Peel the potatoes, cut them randomly, put them in a pan and add water so that the vegetable is barely covered. Cook until soft, salt.
3. Add the fried mushrooms to the potato, but not all. We leave a little for decoration.
4. Puree potatoes with mushrooms, gradually introduce cream. We adjust their density, it may take a little less. Add spices to the taste.
5. We warm the soup on the stove, put it in plates, put the left mushrooms on top and serve with croutons. They can be prepared in any way: in the oven or in a pan.
Recipe 5: Mashed Potato Soup with Croutons, Cauliflower and Cheese
Another variant of mashed potato soup with croutons. This time cauliflower dilutes the starchy vegetable. It not only gives the dish a delicate taste, but also significantly reduces its calorie content. Cheese can be added to the soup any: hard or processed.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of cabbage;
• 0.3 kg of potatoes;
• 1 onion;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 70 grams of cheese;
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
• 2 tablespoons of cream;
• 300 grams of bread;
• spices;
• 3 tablespoons sour cream.
Cooking
1. Take a thick-walled pan. Add both types of oil to it and heat it up.
2. Chop the peeled onion head and fry, add chopped garlic cloves.
3. Peel the potatoes, throw in the pan.
4. Next washed and disassembled into small inflorescences cabbage.
5. Pour boiling water so that it covers vegetables for a centimeter.
6. Salt, you can add any spices and cook until tender.
7. Remove from the heat, let the heat subside a little and mashed with a submersible blender, bring spices to the desired taste.
8. Bread cut into croutons and fry in the oven. You can fry in a pan with a little oil or without it.
9. Pour the soup into plates, sprinkle with grated cheese (or put a little cream), put a spoonful of sour cream and serve with homemade croutons.
Recipe 6: Mashed Potato Soup with Croutons
For mashed potato soup with croutons, you will need chicken. Use breast fillet or thigh trim. The chest is less fat, and the thigh is more tender.
Ingredients
• 0.2 kg of chicken;
• 0.4 kg of potatoes;
• 1 onion head;
• 15 grams of butter;
• 1 carrot;
• spices, herbs, croutons.
Cooking
1. Cut the chicken, transfer to a pan, add 1.3 liters of water and cook for ten minutes. The rising foam when boiling must be removed.
2. Cut the potatoes and add to the pan to the chicken. Cook until tender.
3. Fry the onions with carrots in a frying pan, send to the already cooked products.
4. Puree the blender all together. But part of the chicken can be obtained to decorate the dish.
5. Pour the mashed potato soup onto the plates, on top put the pieces of chicken, herbs, croutons.
Puree soup with croutons - useful tips and tricks
• Croutons will turn out especially fragrant if mixed with chopped garlic. And this can be done before cooking or after it. The second option is more aromatic. And the first will help get rid of the smell of garlic, but crackers will acquire its taste.
• Is the soup puree too thin? You can put it on the stove and evaporate some of the moisture.
• Was the soup puree thick? Just dilute it with broth or boiled water. And if it is without tomatoes, then you can add cream or milk. They are especially suitable for potato soups.
• To carefully chop the croutons, you need to use slightly hardened bread and preferably with a small porosity.
