Parsley Soup Recipes

CELERY-PARSLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter with oil in a soup pot over medium heat.
• Add celery, leeks and potato and cook, stirring occasionally, until leeks are tender, about 6 minutes.
• Add garlic and salt and cook for 2 minutes more.
• Add 3 cups water and bring mixture to a boil.
• Lower heat and simmer until potato is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Combine spinach and parsley in a blender, and then carefully ladle hot soup over vegetables.
• Allow liquid to cool briefly (during this time it will wilt spinach) and then purée until smooth.
• Add yogurt and lemon juice and purée again until soup is very smooth.
• Serve soup garnished with celery leaves.

PARSLEY SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Heat evoo in a medium pot over medium-high heat Add leeks and sauté for about 5 minutes until they soften. 2. Add garlic and parsnips and cook another 5 minutes. Add parsley, wine, and water and simmer, covered, until parsley is wilted. 3. Puree soup in a blender, or with an immersion blender, until smooth. If desired, pour through a fine-mesh sieve into cleaned saucepan, pressing hard on solids, then discarding them. Reheat if necessary.

PARSLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Soften the onion, garlic, coriander, chili pepper and ginger root in the butter over medium heat for 3 minutes. Add the zucchini and cook for 1 minute. Add 4 bunches of the parsley, stems intact, and toss to wilt, about 2 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth and simmer for 40 minutes. Add the milk, salt and black pepper and simmer for 5 minutes more. Pass this mixture first through a food processor to make a paste, and then through a food mill, to remove the fibrous parts of the parsley stems. Cool. Stir in the buttermilk, bread crumbs and all but one tablespoon of the almonds and adjust seasoning.
• Pick the leaves from the remaining bunch of parsley and mince them well. Add to the soup. Serve the soup hot or cold, garnished with the parsley zest (recipe below) and, if you desire, a splash of parsley oil.

HOW TO MAKE PARSLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Boil a large saucepan of water. Fill a 6 quart (6 L) saucepan approximately ¾ full with cold water, and place it on the stove. Set the heat to high, and allow the water to come to a full boil. The pot will boil more quickly if you place a lid on it.
• Cook the parsley for 1 minute. Once the water is boiling, place 1 pound (450 g) of fresh parsley in the pan. Allow the parsley to cook until the leaves become bright green and wilted. That should take approximately 30 seconds to 1 minute. Keep a careful eye on the parsley so you know when it's done. If you cook it too long, you may dilute some of its flavor.
• Drain the parsley and set it in cold water. When the parsley is finished cooking, transfer it immediately to a colander to drain it. Next, place it in a bowl of ice cold water. Let it sit for approximately 1 minute to stop the cooking process. Drain it in the colander a final time to remove the water. While you're draining the cold water from the parsley, it's a good idea to give the leaves a squeeze with a towel or spin them in a salad spinner to ensure that you get rid of any excess moisture.
• Chop the parsley. When the parsley is dry, gather all of the leaves in a pile. Use a sharp knife to give them a rough chop. Be careful not to press on the parsley too hard with the knife or you may bruise the leaves. There's no need to remove the stems from the parsley. The stems actually have a nice, sharp flavor that works well in the soup, and because it's eventually pureed, the stems won't ruin the texture of the soup either.

PARSLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Chop leek and wash in a bowl of cold water, agitating it, then lift out and pat dry.
• Cook parsley stems and leek in oil in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add zucchini and salt and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add wine and water and simmer, covered, until zucchini is very tender, about 10 minutes.
• Purée mixture in a blender with parsley leaves until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Season with salt and pepper. If desired, pour through a fine-mesh sieve into cleaned saucepan, pressing hard on solids, then discarding them. Reheat if necessary.