All about the taste and benefits of cheese
With all the diversity of exceptional in their own waythe composition of the ingredients included in the recipe, they are united by tenderness and creamy consistency, which is achieved by long grinding of all the components of the soup with the addition of milk or cream. The main ingredients and spices for cream soup The main ingredients in this soup are vegetables, possibly adding legumes, mushrooms, pasta, herbs, smoked meats or seafood. The broth recipe is also unprincipled, and here you can experiment endlessly. This is chicken broth, and broth on vegetable broth, with meat, mushrooms, fish or just water. At the same time, various recipes recommend different types of cheese, including processed cheese and soft cheeses with mold. Here, when choosing cheese, you need to take into account only personal taste preferences. For true connoisseurs of cheese, perhaps the main advantage over other soups is the cheese taste. It is the dominant ingredient in this dish, and you shouldn't skimp on this product (this applies not only to the cost of the cheese, but also to its quantity), but the other ingredients only highlight and complement it. The quality of the cheese should be acceptable so that the density of the soup is worthy of the name cream soup. Another, that very piquant highlight is spices. The best here will be: nutmeg, garlic salt, black and white ground pepper, thyme, basil, turmeric, almonds, ginger.
The main recipe for preparing the first dish based on cheese
Among all the soups in this category there area short list of clear leaders, one of them is cheese cream soup with mushrooms and chicken. The basic recipe for preparing this dish is not complicated and includes: 2 potatoes, a medium onion, 1 carrot, 150 g of grated cheese (preferably hard varieties, for example, "Parmesan"), 300 g of processed cheese, 1 glass of cream (preferably 33%), a couple of sprigs of parsley, a stalk of celery, white ground pepper and, of course, salt. Without a doubt, the most delicious soup is the soup cooked in broth, so you need to take a small saucepan, prepare 0.5 liters of your favorite broth in advance, add chopped potatoes, put it on the stove and, without wasting time, start sautéing the onions and carrots. First, put the onion in the pan, and a little later - the carrots. It is better to cut carrots into small cubes, and here again a small trick. It is after a little frying that carrots acquire a very unusual and pleasant aroma, and useful vitamins (in particular, carotene) get into the soup. You can add finely chopped celery to the carrots and onions, when everything is ready, add them to the broth. Now it's time for the cream. You need to boil the soup for another 10 minutes and you can start whipping. It is advisable to whip everything with a blender and only then add the chopped or, if possible, grated processed cheese. Cook everything, stirring slowly, until the cheese is completely dissolved. Add seasonings and salt, all according to taste preferences. Here is a fabulous cheese cream soup according to the main recipe. Before treating the assembled guests, it would be appropriate to decorate the resulting dish with grated hard cheese and parsley. Taking this recipe as a basis, you can add mushrooms and chicken, there is simply no limit to the hostess’s imagination, and this is quite natural, since you always want to see something unusual, very tasty and beautiful on your table.
Little tricks and little tricks
You should constantly look for options andexperiment, but you should not forget about the compatibility of products. And here is another small secret recipe that will certainly come in handy when preparing your favorite soup. In order to make the soup thicker, you need to add pre-fried flour to the recipe, this will give the soup both thickness and a beautiful caramel color. If you prefer a light-colored soup, then the flour is fried in butter. And finally, when serving, if you want to make the soup more satisfying, add pieces of fried meat or fish to it, depending on the composition of the recipe. Small croutons made in advance from fresh bread can also rightfully be called a trick, thanks to which the first course will become even tastier.
Variety of cheeses and how to cook
But all cheeses are different, we all love different things,and when, at what point and what kind of cheese to put in the soup, this has not yet been mentioned. So, if you look into the recipes of chefs, it turns out that for processed cheeses this time is the actual preparation, when the cheese must be carefully added to the broth and completely dissolved. Soft blue cheeses are first dissolved in a small amount of cream and only then added to the soup. Hard cheeses are added at the very end of preparation and, as a possible option, when the dish is already on the table. The main thing is to prevent the cheese from curdling or exfoliating, as this will certainly spoil the appearance of the soup. But in order for guests and family to always admire the prepared dish, creamy cheese soup should not be reheated before serving. You should not cook it for a couple of days, since the cheese film will simply remain in pieces when reheated and can again spoil the external impression of the dish served for dinner. Recipe - an unusual and each time unique creation, the more you try, the brighter and more appetizing the result will be.
