What could be more warming than a tangy soup? Here are some excellent options, whether you’re using up leftover veg or exploring unexpected new flavours
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echnically, many soups are spiced in some way, even if it’s just with pepper. But we all know what is meant by a spiced soup: something with a jolt to it, and a bit of heat to warm up a winter evening. When it comes to soup, spice is the ultimate companion to a main ingredient that may otherwise be considered boring or bland. In this sense, the spices are the most important component: they are what the soup will taste of.
But which spices go with which ingredients, and how? Here are 17 different recipes to help you figure that out.
A word of advice: making soup is, by and large, a pretty forgiving endeavour. Presentation is not paramount, and amounts can be varied without much risk. A soup should ideally be made from things you already have to hand, so don’t give up on a recipe for the sake of a single missing ingredient – it will almost certainly be fine without it.
