New Covent Garden Food Co.’s Soup for All Seasons (published by Macmillan), is the third book in the brand’s recipe book range and depicts everything that the chefs at the company love in a soup! Using the freshest and most creative combinations of ingredients at their seasonal best, Soup for All Seasons inspires and delights with fantastic recipes bursting with flavour and colour.

There are so many delicious, original recipes in Soup for All Seasons for every occasion that it has been quite a challenge to choose our favourites! Here are some of our favourites! If you’ve a recipe for great soup we’d love to hear from you!
   
 

One of our favourite things about summer is the seasonal fruit. We have
combined our love for all things juicy with our love for soup, and created this delicious desert soup. Serve warm or cool with toasted flaked almonds and crème fraîche or ice cream.

Serves 4 - Cooking time: 1 Hour
300 g (10½ oz) rhubarb, cut into lengths
2 apples, peeled and chopped
450 g (1 lb) mixed berries
(we use a mix of: raspberries, blueberries, blackcurrants, cherries, blackberries)
300 g (10½ oz) berries to finish
(we use 100 g of each: raspberries, cherries, blueberries)
75 g (3 oz) caster sugar
300 ml (10½ fl. oz) white wine
1 orange, zest of
2 tablespoons crème de cassis
Lemon juice or honey

Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4.
In an ovenproof dish, place the rhubarb, apples and 450 g/1 lb mixed berries (reserve the additional 300 g/10½ oz berries to use later). Sprinkle with the sugar and bake for 30–40 minutes until the rhubarb is tender.

The fruits should be glossy and be sitting in their own juices. Remove from the oven and cool the fruit.

Blend until smooth, then push through a sieve to remove the pips from the fruit. Leave to one side.

Heat the wine and orange zest in a pan and slowly bring to the boil
to infuse the orange.

Remove from the heat, discard the orange zest, then add the crème de cassis. Mix with the puréed fruits. Taste the purée, adjust the sweetness by adding lemon juice or honey to taste.

Add the reserved berries, stir, then serve warm, or allow to cool.

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The New Covent Garden Food Co.'s Soup for All Seasons can be
purchased online.