Minted Peach Soup Food

CHILLED PEACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine the peaches, yogurt, lemon juice and extract; cover and process until smooth. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve with almonds and mint if desired.

PEACH SOUP

Steps:

• Add all the ingredients to the container of an electric blender.
• Process until smooth.
• Chill for 2-3 hours before serving.

CHAMPAGNE PEACH AND MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Combine Champagne, peaches, salt, large sprigs of mint, and white pepper in a large saucepan or deep pot. Cook for 20 minutes over medium heat to infuse flavors. Remove from heat and remove large mint sprigs. Adjust salt and white pepper, if needed. Blend with an immersion blender and chill. Serve in demitasse cups garnished with 1/2 teaspoon creme fraiche and small mint sprigs.

PEACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, place the peaches, vanilla bean, and bouquet garni (cinnamon, star anise, peels and lemon balm). Add the citrus juices, spring water, and cranberry juice and bring to a boil.
• Simmer 10 minutes. Remove vanilla bean, star anise, cinnamon, and lemon balm and puree. Add the champagne then season with simple syrup, to taste. Chill for 1 hour before serving.
• In a small saucepan, over medium heat, stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and cool. Pour into a clean bottle and store in refrigerator.;
• At least 3 hours and up to 7 days before serving, remove the grapes from their stems and place in the freezer. When ready to serve, whisk the egg whites with the lemon juice in a large bowl until frothy. Put the sugar in another bowl.
• Drop the grapes into the bowl of egg whites, then pour the contents of the bowl through a strainer to drain the liquid. Dump the grapes onto a paper towel and roll them around until most of the excess egg white has been absorbed. Working in batches, add the grapes to the sugar and shake them around to coat. Shake off any excess. Transfer to serving glasses and serve immediately.

MINTED PEACH SOUP

Steps:

• Dice about 2 cups of the peaches and set aside. Place the rest in a food processor with the nectar. Process until smoothly pureed, then transfer to a serving container.
• Stir in the rice milk, creamer, vanilla, and spices.
• In a cup, steep the fresh mint leaves or mint tea in about 1/2 cup boiling water for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the leaves or tea bag and stir the infusion into the serving container.
• Stir in the reserved peaches and add syrup to taste. Refrigerate for an hour or two to allow the flavors to blend. Before serving, stir the soup and adjust the consistency with more nectar if too dense.
• Per serving:
• Calories: 163
• Total fat: 3g
• Protein: 2g
• Fiber: 4g
• Carbohydrate: 37g
• Cholesterol: 0mg
• Sodium: 27mg

CHILLED PEACH SOUP

Steps:

• Place white wine, peach schnapps, sugar, mint leaves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and half-and-half together in a bowl, and stir until well blended and sugar is dissolved. Add sliced peaches, and transfer to a saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring frequently and reducing heat if necessary to prevent scorching cream. Remove from heat when peaches are tender. Cool to a safe temperature for blending. Process in a blender or food processor until completely smooth. Cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve chilled.

MINTY PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until softened but not browned, 6-8 minutes. Add 2 cups broth and bring to a boil. Add peas, reduce heat, and simmer gently until tender, about 5 minutes for fresh peas, about 2 minutes for frozen.
• Remove pot from heat. Add parsley, mint, and remaining 2 cups broth to pot. Purée soup in a blender or with an immersion blender, thinning with water if soup is too thick, until smooth. Season soup with salt and pepper.
• Whisk crème fraîche and cream in a small bowl to blend. Serve warm soup topped with chives, passing crème fraîche mixture alongside for spooning over.

MINTED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Finely chop onion. In a 4-quart heavy saucepan cook onion in butter with salt to taste over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add peas and 3 cups stock and simmer, uncovered, until peas are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in mint and remaining 2 cups stock and remove pan from heat. In a blender purée soup in batches until very smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids), forcing each batch through a sieve into a large bowl. (Discard solids in sieve between batches.) Whisk in cream (or cream-yogurt mixture) and salt and pepper to taste. If serving soup cold, chill, covered. If serving soup hot, reheat but do not let boil.

MINTED SWEET PEA AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a pot.
• Add the chopped onions, cover, and cook over low heat until tender and lightly colored, about 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, drain the spinach and squeeze out excess liquid.
• Pour the stock into the pot, stir in the peas and spinach, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, until peas are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Pull the mint leaves from their stems; there should be 2 cups loosely packed leaves.
• Rinse thoroughly and pat dry.
• When peas are tender, add mint to the pot, cover, and simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Pour the soup through a strainer, reserving liquid, and transfer the solids to the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, or use a food mill fitted with the medium disc (or just use the handy dandy blender).
• Add 1 cup of the cooking stock and process until smooth.
• Return pureed soup to the pot.
• Add the heavy cream and additional cooking liquid, aboout 1 cup, until the soup is of the desired consistency.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper, simmer briefly to heat through, and serve immediately.

MINTED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Thinly slice the spring onions, reserving some of the green tops for garnish. Heat the butter, fry the spring onions for 1 min until slightly softened. Add the peas and stock, then bring to the boil.
• Simmer for 5 mins, then whizz half the soup in a food processor. Return to the pan with the crème fraîche. Reheat gently, taste and add pepper, and salt if it needs it. Ladle into small bowls or cups and saucers, then sprinkle with the reserved spring onion tops.

CHILLED CREAMY PEACH YOGURT SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the peaches into large chunks over the bowl of a food processor, discarding the pits.
• Add the sugar and lemon juice and process into a smooth puree.
• Pour the puree into a med-sized bowl.
• Whisk in the vanilla and yogurt.
• Stir in 1 cup of the lemonade.
• Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
• Chill the bowls you plan to serve this in.
• Just before serving, check the consistency.
• If it seems to need some thinning (it shouldn't be very thick), stir in enough of the remaining 1 cup of lemonade to achieve the correct texture.
• Serve in the chilled bowls, garnishing with lemon thyme or mint, if desired.

CHILLED CANTALOUPE PEACH SOUP WITH GINGER & MINT

Steps:

• Remove skin and seeds from cantaloupe and dice the flesh.
• Cut peaches in half and remove stone.
• Place cantaloupe, peaches, ginger, tabasco sauce, cream cheese, and lime juice in a blender and puree until well blended.
• Strain if necessary.
• Garnish with honeydew melon and fresh mint.
• Serve in chilled bowls.