Cream of courgette soup (TM)

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A courgette soup for making in a Thermomix

Ingredients

• 30g extra virgin olive oil
• 30g butter
• 150g leeks (white parts only) or onion, cut in rounds
• 1 clove garlic
• 700g courgettes, peeled and chopped
• 700g water or milk
• Salt
• Pepper
• Nutmeg
• 6 quesitos (little cheeses in triangles wrapped in foil such as Dairylea)
• Chopped parsley or chives

Method

1. Put the oil, butter, leeks and garlic in the bowl 8 seconds / Speed 5.
2. [Scrape down the bowl] 12 minutes / Temp. Varoma / Speed 1.
3. Add the remaining ingredients, except for the quesitos 20 minutes / 100° / Speed 1 (if using milk set at 90°).
4. Allow to cool a little 40 seconds / Speed 7.
5. If necessary, repeat the operation.
6. Add the quesitos 5 minutes / 90° / Speed 5.
7. Correct seasoning if necessary and serve sprinkled with the parsley or chives.

Chef's notes

I heated the oil and butter 8 minutes / Temp. Varoma / Speed Spoon, then added the leeks and garlic 20 minutes / Temp. Varoma / Speed Spoon / Reverse Blade / MC. This was to allow them to caramelise properly. I used 1 bulb of garlic and substituted the cheese triangles with some slices of Caşcaval. I also included some Marigold Swiss bouillon powder, but be sparing with it if you are using a salty cheese.

Recipe source

• This is a translation of a recipe in Thermomix TM31 – Imprescindible para tu cocina' which is the book supplied with Spanish TMXs.