Vegetable Dill Soup Recipes

CREAMY DILL VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Line cookie sheet with foil; brush foil with olive oil. Spread tomatoes over pan & brush with oil; sprinkle with salt & pepper. Roast tomatoes at 400 degrees for 30 minutes; set aside.
• Melt 4 tablespoons butter in large stock pot over medium-high heat. Saute onions & leeks until tender, about 5 minutes. Add remaining vegetables; sauté additional 10 minutes over medium heat. Add more butter or olive oil if necessary.
• Add broth to vegetables; stir in roasted tomatoes and white beans. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.
• Melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour to create roux; add milk & whisk continuously until milk begins to bubble and thicken. Reduce heat to low; stir in dill. Remove from heat. Add milk mixture to soup; bring just to boiling then reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.

VEGETABLE DILL SOUP

Steps:

• Add olive oil to large pot. Heat to a moderate temperature. Add onions, celery, and carrots. Saute, stirring 6-8 minutes. Don't brown onions.
• Add tomatoes, potatoes, stock, salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce to low. Simmer 25 minutes.
• Add dill, beans, peas and cauliflower. Return to boil. Reduce heat.
• Simmer 15 minute or until vegetables are barely tender. Serve hot.

BEAUTIFUL SOUP (VEGETABLE SOUP WITH BEETS, DILL AND ORANGE ZEST)

Steps:

• Place flameproof casserole or other deep, wide pan over low heat and add butter or butter-oil mixture. When butter has melted, add onion and garlic; sauté until soft but not browned.
• Increase heat to medium-high and add beets, carrots, celery, celery root and half the dill. Sauté, adjusting heat as needed, until vegetables have released their liquid, dried and start to turn golden but not brown, about 20 minutes.
• Add stock and tomatoes with their juice, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook until vegetables are soft, about 45 minutes. Add orange zest and juice, and remaining dill. Season with salt and pepper to taste. To serve, ladle into bowls and top each with a dollop of sour cream. Serve with hunks of bread.

DILL CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Add carrots, onion and garlic; saute until carrots are tender, 4-5 minutes., Stir in orzo, chicken and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Stir in peas, spinach and dill; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until orzo is tender, 3-4 minutes. Stir in lemon juice. If desired, top each serving with coarsely ground pepper.

DILL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot over medium heat, and add the onion and leeks. Cook, stirring, until they begin to soften, about three minutes, and add 1/2 teaspoon salt, the carrot and the celery. Cook, stirring, for five minutes, and add the garlic. Stir together for about a minute, until fragrant, and add the potatoes, water, salt and the bouquet garni. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for one hour. Remove the bouquet garni.
• Puree the soup in an immersion blender, or blend 1 1/2 cups at a time in a blender, covering the top tightly with a towel to avoid splashes. If you want a smoother consistency, put the soup through a medium strainer.
• Stir together the yogurt, cornstarch and dill, and stir into the soup. Heat through. Add a generous amount of freshly ground pepper, taste and adjust salt. Serve hot, garnished with garlic croutons and small dill sprigs; or chill and serve cold, garnished with a dollop of yogurt, thinly sliced cucumbers and small dill sprigs.

CARROT DILL SOUP

Steps:

• Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Add carrots, and cook just until tender. Drain, and return the carrots to the pan. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes. Transfer the onion and garlic to the saucepan with the carrots, and pour in chicken stock. Turn heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 25 minutes to blend flavors.
• Puree the carrot mixture in a food processor or blender, in small batches if necessary. Return to the saucepan, and stir in the milk, dill and chives. Cook just until heated through, and serve.

CHICKEN VEGETABLE SOUP WITH DILL AND CUMIN

Steps:

• Put chicken pieces in a large stew pan or soup pot.
• Leave the onion whole for easy removal or cut it in large dice if you want to eat it in the soup.
• If you like, tie the thyme sprigs, parsley stems and bay leaves together with kitchen twine or wrap them in cheesecloth for easy removal.
• Peel potatoes and add to pan.
• Add onion, carrots, celery, thyme, parsley stems and bay leaves.
• Pour in enough water to cover the ingredients by a couple of centimeters and add salt.
• Bring to a boil.
• With a large spoon, remove the foam that collects on top.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 45 mins.
• ,occasionally skimming off the foam and fat that collects.
• Add squash, mushrooms, garlic, cumin and pepper and bring to a simmer.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 15 minsutes or until chicken and vegetables are tender and soup is well flavored.
• Remove herb bundle or loose herbs.
• Cook noodles in a large pan of boiling salted water about 7 minutes or until just tender.
• Drain well.
• Keep the noodles in a separate container if you plan to reheat the soup; otherwise they soften too much as they sit in the soup.
• Before serving the soup, thoroughly skim the fat from the broth.
• The cooler the broth is, the easier this will be.
• The simplest way is to refrigerate the soup so the fat solidifies on top and can be easily removed.
• Otherwise, skim the fat from the soup's surface several times with a large spoon.
• Remove chicken pieces and discard their skin.
• Leave pieces whole or pull or cut meat from bones; return chicken to soup.
• For a lighter dish, you can reserve part of the meat for other uses.
• Reheat soup if necessary.
• If noodles are cold, bring them to room temperature or reheat them in a covered dish in the microwave.
• Add dill and chopped parsley to soup.
• Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Serve the soup in fairly shallow bowls.
• Add noodles to each bowl when serving.

VEGETABLE DILL DIP

Steps:

• Stir the sour cream, mayonnaise, dill, onion, parsley, and Beau Monde ™ seasoning in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

WINTER VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook onion with bay leaf and 1/2 teaspoon salt in oil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add carrot and celery and cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in tomato paste and cook, stirring, 1 minute, then add sweet potato, Yukon Golds, broth, water, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Purée 1 cup soup in a blender (use caution when blending hot liquids) and return to pot. Bring to a simmer, then stir in peas and dill and cook until peas are heated through, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

VEGETABLES IN DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add pearl onions; boil for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water; peel., In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute onions and carrot in butter for 1 minute. Add mushrooms and zucchini; saute 6-8 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender. Stir in the lemon juice, marjoram and salt. , In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine the sauce ingredients. Cover and microwave on high until heated through, stirring once. Serve with vegetables.