Making soup without a blender or mixer :(

I've just been to our local market and stocked up on lovely veggies for a song.
I've got some home made chicken stock taking up space in the freezer and tomorrow is also bread making day. So I thought soup and bread warm from the oven would make a nice tea.

I thought about making a nice creamy vegetable soup with leeks, potatoes, carrots and perhaps some cauliflower. Sadly, our budget doesn't stretch to a blender at the moment, so I can't liquidize the soup when it's cooked. If I let the soup simmer until the cauli, taters and carrots are really soft, can I beat it into submission? Suggestions?

Sincerely,

Desperate for home made soup

mccardey said:

Do you have a sieve? If I'm just making enough for one or two people I often let everything simmer till very soft and then just mash it through a sieve with a wooden spoon. (You'll need to practically shred the carrots, of course, or you'll be there forever... and chop the leeks very small because they don't really go through the mesh. The spuds will be fine, and the cauli as well.)

I kind of prefer it that way - make the texture a bit more interesting.

Zucchini is lovely added to cauli soup Enjoy!

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Yup, I have a sieve. I also have a masher, so I could mash the carrots, cauli and potatoes before shoving them through the sieve.

Brilliant! Thank you.

the main thing is that it's do-able.

I shall take photos of the finished product (if the kitchen isn't a bomb site by the time I've finished).

jennontheisland said:

The smaller you chop things to start with, the easier it will be. Grating would work too.

Could you just leave the soup a little chunky? or are you trying to hide veggies from someone?

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I'm not too fussed if it's a little chunky, the main thing is to make sure the potatoes are mushed because they thicken the soup.

Haggis said:

You really shouldn't have suggested she pre-chew her veggies, alley.

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The soup was lovely.

I mashed it and then pushed part of it through a sieve and left the rest. I forgot to take photos. There wasn't even any left over once Himself took a second large bowl.

I'll be making that again.

mccardey said:

mmmmm.... soup.....

Didn't you save us any??

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No chance.

Since my husband started working (with yearlings) he never stops eating He ate two huge bowlfuls along with three pieces of cornbread. He's eating me out of house and home.