Barefoot Contessa’s Ina Garten has the perfect soup recipes to warm your body when the temperature begins to drop. From a delicious wild mushroom and farro to roasted potato leek, you really cannot go wrong choosing from Garten’s stunning array of winter soups. Here are the Food Network star’s eight best soup and stew recipes.
8. Parkers Beef Stew
This hearty dish is sure to brighten even the dullest winter day, at least when lunch or dinner rolls around. For this recipe, you will need a good quality chuck beef, one bottle of red wine, garlic cloves, bay leaves, yellow onions, carrots, white mushrooms, small potatoes, chicken stock, fresh rosemary, frozen peas, sun-dried tomatoes, and some Worcestershire sauce.
The cooking time is a little under three hours, but a batch isenough to serve around six people, giving you plenty of leftovers for the nextday.
7. Onion and Fennel Soup Gratin
Ina Garten takes this classic dish and adds a bit of her owntwist to it. As the Barefoot Contessa star might say, this is anordinary dish “with the volume turned up!”
What’s separates Garten’s version of this classic is the additionof a bubbly Gruyère and somesourdough, toasted (of course). If you think this soup is amazing right out ofthe pot, it is just as good, if not better, the next day.
6. Roasted Potato Leek Soup
Roasted potato leek soup is another classic dish to serve up on achilly winter day. The potatoes and leek combination really brings out thenatural sugars in these vegetables, and this soup definitely packs a ton of flavor.
And in under three hours of prep and cook time, you can makeenough to serve anywhere between six to eight guests.
5. Tomato and Eggplant Soup
There are plenty of ingenious recipes in this list, but Ina Garten’s tomato and eggplant soup is one of her more clever ideas. The Food Network star cooks a huge portion of this soup the first day and then uses any leftovers to make another batch the following day.
If that isn’t ingenious then we do not know what is. For Garten,it is the ultimate two-fer.
“I love a nice two-fer. I make a big batch of something anduse the leftovers to make a second, completely different recipe the next day.This Tomato & Eggplant Soup is a hearty winter lunch, and I use theleftover soup as a sauce for delicious Baked Pasta with Tomatoes and Eggplant.No one will even know they’re eating leftovers!!! The recipes are available onbarefootcontessa.com!#CookLikeaPro” she wrote on Instagram.
4. Chicken Soup
A wintry soup list would not be complete without a classic bowlof chicken soup. But just like other recipes on this list, Ina Garten takesthis traditional dish and adds a new level of comfort.
According to FoodNetwork, what makes Garten’s chicken soup different is the additionof several unique ingredients, like dill, thyme, parsnips, and matzo balls.This recipe will take you a few hours to complete, but it makes enough to feed10 people and it totally worth the effort.
3. Mexican Chicken Soup
Speaking of different types of chicken soup, Garten’s Mexicanchicken soup should be something you keep on hand throughout the year. Thisdelicious dish has just the right amount of spice to warm your heart in anyseason.
With toppings like shredded cheese, avocado, sour cream, andtortilla strips, it will definitely become a fan favorite in your home. Evenbetter, it is super easy to make and does not require a lot of cooking time.
2. Coq au Vin
If there is any recipe you try on this list Ina Garten’s Coq au Vin should be the one. Thisis a traditional French soup that, once again, gets updated by Garten in arather unique way.
The prep time for this tasty soup is only 20 minutes, and aftercooking for an hour-and-a-half, you will have a delicious dish that servesthree. This dish is a little tricky to get right the first time, but practicealways makes perfect.
1. Wild Mushroom and Farro Soup
This is one of Garten’s favorite soups in her repertoire and for good reason. The Barefoot Contessa star often serves this dish as the first course for an evening, and she adds in plenty of veggies, pancetta, and Marsala wine.
This warm treat is best with a side of crusty bread, prepared toyour liking. You can also switch things up a little by varying the ingredientsto help find the perfect blend for your taste buds.
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