Soup for Every Day: 365 of Our Favourite Recipes

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Not compromising on its true Taiwanese flavours, the menu offers the signature Din Tai Fung dishes, including its world-famous Xiao Long Bao (Steamed Pork Dumplings), wrapped in a delicate dough skin, which is then pleated, twisted at the top and steamed.

Moroccan Chickpea and Spinach Soup - Looks Good Lets Eat Moroccan Chickpea and Spinach Soup - Looks Good Lets Eat

Even given the rapid expansion of my palate in the intervening years, it remains an intriguing combination of flavours: the sweetness of the vegetable and the zestiness of the herb, with a simplicity that, in an era when even Cup A Soup comes in 15 different varieties, is almost quaint. Check the seasoning, and serve topped with a swirl of the coriander puree or some chopped fresh coriander, if you prefer. Put the butter in the pan set over a medium-low heat and, when hot, add the onion and a good pinch of salt and cook, stirring often, until soft and beginning to colour – but be careful it doesn’t brown. Again, I’ve kept my recipe as pared back as possible, but you may wish to bulk out the soup with potato (Singh-Watson) or Slater’s red lentils (an ingredient that goes particularly well with carrots, though this may just be because of their shared colour.

Smitten, I ate the stuff almost every lunchtime for months, and then, as tends to happen with such obsessions, I went off it in the same way I did Archers and lemonade: abruptly and decisively. Mine usually ends up having a snack a bit later – but that could be because he really likes cheese and biscuits! Served with some homemade or sliced bread brings this hearty dish to the table and makes everyone happy.

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I like to serve the soup with bread still warm from the bread maker (another wonderful time-saving device! Other well-known dishes include Din Tai Fung’s iconic Steamed Chicken Soup which is simmered to perfection over a span of six hours. I have to say that I was a bit surprised that she took to it the way that she did when I first made it – I expected a bit more resistance to a soup other than leek and potato – but it’s a pleasant green colour, slightly creamy from the Brie and is actually just a very nice soup so there’s nothing for her not to like! On the back of this I got a soup maker, but will need to double up the quantities of deliciousness to fill that. As a pre owned book I wasn't expecting 'mint' condition, however, it is spiral bound and several sheets are becoming detached, so it was obviously well used.Slater finishes his soup with toasted cumin seeds, olive oil and microgreens, Tovey tops his with chopped parsley and serves croutons on the side, and Singh-Watson gives a whole list of garnish suggestions that, in addition to some of the above, includes toasted almonds, orange flower water, walnut, hazelnut and sesame oil and “one heaped teaspoon of ground mixed Moroccan spices, such as caraway and cumin with a little hot chilli”. The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. The kind that fills you up through the evenings as you sit on the sofa with blankets watching the build up to Christmas on TV. It’s Tuesday and after last week’s departure from soup to a bean casserole, we’re back on the soup again. Its Covent Garden London flagship restaurant caters up to 250 guests and has the first cocktail bar for the brand.