Recipe: Yummy Creamy Courgette Soup with Basil

Creamy Courgette Soup with Basil. This creamy zucchini soup is a wonderful way to prepare summer's most bountiful squash: zucchini. The flavors of fresh basil, chili powder, and yellow onion pair well with the zucchini. Serve with thick baguette slices and fresh sliced tomatoes for a simple, satisfying meal.

I'm absolutely thrilled today to introduce you to Susan Conley of the beautiful blog, Cook the Stone! I'm so grateful that she has created this Creamy Basil Zucchini Soup Recipe for us. In a saucepan, heat the oil and onion over medium-high heat. You can have Creamy Courgette Soup with Basil using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Creamy Courgette Soup with Basil

1. Prepare 2 of mid-sized courgettes (do not peel them).
2. You need 1 of white onion.
3. It's 2-3 pinch of fresh basil or dried.
4. It's 1-2 tsp of olive oil.
5. Prepare 1 of vegetable stock cube.
6. It's of Salt.
7. It's of Pepper.
8. It's of Garlic.

When hot, add the zucchini and sauté until the vegetables are soft. The basil gives this a great flavour and adds to the green, vibrant colour. This zucchini soup is so easy to make (as are most soups really). In a medium pot, heat oil over med-high heat.

Creamy Courgette Soup with Basil instructions

1. Chop the onion and sweat on some oil, then add the cubes courgettes sweating on for few minutes..
2. Fill up the pan with water till fully covers the veggies. Add the all the spices: salt, pepper, garlic, basil and vegetable stock cube..
3. Cook with lid on until the courgette is tender. Then cream it with hand blender, and basically it’s ready to serve. Served with courgette swirls and croutons..

Pour zucchini mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend until smooth. Heat the oil in a heavy-based pan over a medium heat. Then I skipped the sour cream, which left the soup less creamy (obviously). I was able to use it as a base and tossed in anything I had in the fridge-chicken, broccoli, carrots, etc.

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