Christmas Soup Recipes Jamie Oliver Food

JAMIE'S CHRISTMAS TURKEY

Steps:

• If you're worried about cooking the perfect Christmas turkey because you're afraid you'll get it wrong, don't be. This recipe is nice and simple and will help you achieve brilliant results for your Christmas meal. Take your turkey out of the refrigerator about an hour before you're ready to cook it so it comes up to room temperature before roasting. Give it a good rinse then pat it dry with some kitchen paper, making sure you soak up any water in the cavity. Drizzle the meat with a good lug of olive oil, add a few good sprinkles of salt and pepper and then rub this seasoning all over the bird, making sure you get in to all the nooks and crannies. Preheat your oven to full whack then get started on your stuffing. For the stuffing: Pour a lug or 2 of olive oil into a large pan on a medium heat and fry off your chopped onion, for about 10 minutes, or until softened. Stir in a good pinch of salt and pepper, the ground nutmeg and your chopped sage leaves, then continue to fry and stir for another 1 minute or 2. Spoon the onion mixture into a large bowl and let it cool completely. Once cooled, add your pork mince and breadcrumbs and use your hands to really scrunch everything together. Once it's mixed really well, bring the stuffing together into a ball, then cover and chill until you're ready to stuff your turkey. Pull the skin at the neck-end back so you can see a cavity and push about 1/2 of your stuffing inside your turkey. Not too much: you don't want to pack it so tightly it slows down the cooking. Once done, pull and fold the skin over the opening and tuck it under the bird so it looks nice. Turn the turkey around and drop a few small pieces of stuffing into the larger cavity along with your clementine halves and a few sprigs rosemary. Place your roughly chopped onion, celery, and carrots in the bottom of a roasting pan and lay your turkey on top. Cover the turkey with tin foil then put it in the hot oven and immediately turn the temperature down to 350 degrees F/ 180 degrees C/ Gas 4. Cook for about 35 to 40 minutes per kilo/ 2 pounds 2 ounces. The 11 pound/ 5 kg bird in this recipe will take about 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Check on your turkey every 20 minutes or so and keep it from drying out by basting it with the lovely juices from the bottom of the pan. After 2 1/2 hours, remove the foil so the skin gets golden and crispy. When the time is up, take your turkey out of the oven and stick a small sharp knife into the fattest part of the thigh. If the juices run clear and the meat pulls apart easily, it's ready. If not, pop the turkey back in the oven to cook for a bit longer, then check again. Once ready, cover the turkey with tin foil and a few clean tea towels for 30 minutes and let it rest while you get your vegetables and gravy ready.

PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. (200 degrees C/Gas 6)
• Cut the squash in half and remove the seeds, reserving these for later. Using your pestle and mortar, bash up the coriander and chili, nice and fine, and sprinkle over the squash. Drizzle with a little oil and roast in a hot oven until nice and soft.
• Heat a little oil in a large pan and fry the pancetta with half the sage leaves. Add the chestnuts and the onion and fry gently for about 15 minutes. By this time the squash will be ready, so spoon it out into the pan, leaving the skin behind. Cover with the stock and bring to the boil. Remove half the mixture and blend until smooth, then pour back into the pan.
• Take the rest of the sage leaves and the reserved squash seeds and fry them in a little oil until crisp. To serve, spoon a little sour cream on top of the soup, sprinkle with a little of the crisp sage and seeds, and finish with a good drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.

JAMIE'S ROASTED SWEET GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 C or 400 degrees F.
• Bake the garlic cloves for about 20 minutes or until soft.
• Break the bread into small pieces and soak in the milk.
• Using a food processor, blend the almonds until fine.
• Throw in the soaked bread and the soft inside of the roasted garlic.
• Add a little chicken stock or water and blend.
• When you have a fine purée, gradually add in enough stock or water to make a nice, thick, soup.
• Finish by seasoning with salt and pepper and a good drizzle of sherry vinegar and olive oil.
• Garnish with some green grapes and chopped marjoram on top.

JAMIE OLIVER'S SPICY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Put the onion, garlic, carrot and cilantro stalks into a large pot with the olive oil. Cover and cook gently for 10 mins, stirring regularly to prevent colouring.
• Meanwhile, drop the tomatoes into boiling water for a minute or two. Take them out, run them under the cold tap, then pinch the skins off, discard, and roughly chop the flesh. Add to the pan with broth and pasta sauce. Simmer for another 20 mins with the lid on.
• Whiz your soup in a blender, then pour it back in the pan and season well. Serve with a sprinkling of cilantroleaves and a few chopped chili peppers if you dare!

BEST TURKEY IN THE WORLD - JAMIE OLIVER.

Steps:

• For the Butter:.
• You need to finely chop the carrots, onion and celery. Chop rosemary and thyme.
• Mix into the butter thoroughly.
• The Turkey:.
• Using a tablespoon, gently seperate the skin from the meat through the cavity up towards the breastbone of the bird.
• Once the skin is separated, take half of the flavoured butter and push in between the skin and the meat. Massage so that the butter is evenly distributed.
• The other half of the butter is to be smoothed over the outside of the turkey.
• Using a skewer or rosemary sprigs, secure the cavity, so that the skin doesn't slide.
• Cover in cling film and keep in the refridgerator until ready to be cooked.
• Before cooking, chop 2-4 clementines and place in the cavity.
• Stuff the neck of the bird with as much stuffing as possible.
• Cook the bird on 350 / Gas Mark 4. Time scale is approx 30 minutes per kilo, plus 20 minutes at the end.
• For best results, baste the turkey every 45 minutes.
• Enjoy.

JAMIE OLIVER'S TOMATO SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Put your onion, garlic, carrot and basil stalks into a large pot with a couple of lugs of olive oil. Cover the pan and simmer gently without colouring for 20 minutes, stirring every couple of minutes.
• Whisk together the cream, vinegar and egg yolks in a small bowl and put to one side.
• While the vegetables are simmering, drop the tomatoes into boiling water for 30 seconds, then remove the skins and roughly chop the flesh. Add these to the veg, then pour in the stock and simmer for a further 20 minutes with the lid on.
• Leave to cool a little then puree the soup in a liquidiser.
• Put back into pan, bring back to a simmer and season carefully with salt & pepper.
• Just before serving whisk in the cream mixture, but do not let it return to the boil. Serve straight away sprinkled with a few torn up basil leaves.