French Fridays with Dorie and her book, Around My French Table, have taught us that the French will put dried fruit and nuts or a runny egg in just about anything.
This week's Warm Weather Vegetable Pot au Feu includes yet another runny egg. I love eggs, especially poached eggs, but did not want one floating around in a bowl of soup so I left it out. I also love soup and it is one of my favorite things to cook, but it took some effort to muster up any enthusiasm for making a pot of soup when it was 90+ degrees outside. But I did.
Dorie encourages cooks to use whatever veggies they want in this soup and her version featured what's-in-season now selections such as asparagus. I kept it simple with onion, leeks, carrots, and potatoes. I love a hint of lemon in soup and threw in a piece of lemon peel as suggested too. Let it simmer until the vegetables were fork tender and then threw in some thyme after ladling it into a bowl.
I made this on an evening when everything I was making was a flop so I only tasted a few bites straight from the pot. My daughter loves soup and she ate a bowl full, commenting that it was pretty good and tasted light for summer. So the soup is appropriately titled. I was surprised at how complex the flavor was and especially enjoyed the flavor from the garlic and the lemon. This would be lovely for a semi-formal, warm-weather affair such as a bridal shower.
I'm glad your daughter enjoyed the soup. Tricia and I had a difference
ReplyDeleteof opinion on the recipe but that's because she doesn't care for certain
veggies. I did use the poached egg, and it was good. Tonight I
had some left over and added a little bit of crushed red pepper flakes
and it was delicious.
OMG, hilarious! The French do put dried fruit or runny eggs in everything! Great and funny post!
ReplyDeleteI will quote you the next time we have dried fruit and nuts/runny eggs in a FFwD recipe. Will worry when I see all three things together though. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your daughter liked it - you didn't flop with this one!
You are right about the dried fruit, nuts & eggs. I should be scared.
ReplyDeleteI was a little afraid I was going to melt into the soup, because it was so hot out. But it was refreshing in spite of the pending heat stroke.
what an interesting soup!
ReplyDeleteYour soup looks lovely. I like your addition of thyme, that is really my favorite herb. I love eggs too, but I'm feeling a little egg weary. I had my leftovers sans eggs and the soup was very good plain, but maybe I should have added nuts instead? :-)
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