SoupFestivals

Soups of the world

The world's soups: what each one is, where it comes from, how to make it at home and the festivals that serve it.

Bean and pulse soups

48 soups

Soups built on dried beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas or other pulses, often with grains.

Bread soups

13 soups

Soups thickened with, poured over or cooked with bread, usually stale bread, garlic and olive oil.

Broths and consommés

46 soups

Clear or nearly clear soups built on a meat, fowl, fish or vegetable stock, served plain or with a small garnish of pasta, dumplings or vegetables.

Chowders

5 soups

Thick North Atlantic soups of shellfish, fish or corn with potatoes, built on salt pork or bacon and usually enriched with milk or cream.

Cold soups

12 soups

Soups served chilled as their defining form, such as raw-vegetable, almond, yogurt or kefir soups.

Cream and purée soups

15 soups

Smooth soups thickened by puréeing their main ingredient, or by cream, roux, starch or ground nuts and grains.

Fish and seafood soups

42 soups

Soups whose defining element is fish or shellfish, from river-fish kettle soups to Mediterranean and Atlantic seafood soups.

Grain and fermented soups

13 soups

Soups built on a cereal or a fermented cereal product: barley, cracked maize, cornmeal, tarhana.

Meat and stew-like soups

114 soups

Hearty soups where meat, offal or several meats with starchy vegetables or maize make a one-pot meal, at the border between soup and stew.

Noodle soups

47 soups

Soups in which noodles are the main body of the bowl, served in a seasoned broth with toppings.

Sour soups

32 soups

Soups whose defining character is sourness from a fermented starter, sauerkraut, pickles, borș, vinegar or sour fruit: żurek, ciorbă, kyselo, kapuśniak.

Sweet and fruit soups

8 soups

Soups made from fruit or served sweet, hot or chilled, from fruit soups to chocolate and wine soups.

Vegetable soups

37 soups

Soups whose defining elements are vegetables or greens, in pieces or partly puréed, with or without a little meat for flavour.

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