Use leftover mashed potatoes for this spicy soup with Gruyere cheese. Cayenne pepper supplies the heat and scallions add the right amount of onion flavor.

Pumpkin-Cider Soup
This pumpkin soup gets a boost from apples and a bite from a cupful of Irish cider. The soup, with its intense pumpkin flavor, makes for great fall fare.

Rhode Island Clam Chowder
Quahogs, a large clam, take center stage in this clear chowder. There are no tomatoes or cream, just the pure taste of clams, salt pork, potatoes, and onions.

Pinto Bean Soup with Red Chile and Cheese
This hearty pinto bean soup is flavored with Mexican spices and thickened with masa harina. Serve over rice and add cheese for a complete dinner.

Green Spring Soup of Spinach, Lettuce, and Sorrel
Fresh greens aren’t just for salads. Sorrel, spinach and lettuce are pureed in vegetable stock for a flavorful soup that tastes better than it looks.
Richard Olney’s Soupe au Pistou
Pistou, similar to pesto but without the pine nuts, elevates this simple French vegetable soup. Let the season be your guide when choosing your vegetables.
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- 40 M
- 1 H, 10 M
- 0

Leek and Potato Soup with Bacon
Leek and potato soup with bacon is a family favorite. Tender leeks and earthy potatoes make this soup hearty. The bacon adds smokiness. A keeper soup.

Portuguese Bread Soup with Shrimp | Açorda de Mariscos
Known as Acorda de Mariscos in Portugal, this robust “soup” of shrimp, bread, and rice is quite the satiating meal in a bowl.
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- 30 M
- 1 H, 30 M
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Apple-Onion Soup with Cheddar-Bacon Croutons
The classic French onion soup recipe gets a lift from apples, crispy bacon and a liberal sprinkling of Cheddar cheese. A great lunch soup for the family.

Butternut Squash Soup
Perhaps the most gratifying use for a gourd that we can imagine, this spare but silken butternut squash soup seems to define autumn.
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- 15 M
- 3 H
- 7

Pumpkin Soup with Curried Pumpkin Seeds
A puree of pumpkin soup, enriched with chicken stock and leeks, is topped with crunchy pumpkin seeds seasoned with curry, cayenne pepper, and tumeric.
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- 45 M
- 1 H
- 0

Beet Soup with Goose Stock
This is a high north version of the Russian soup, borscht. Goose or turkey stock tempers the sweetness of the beets, as do the chili powder and lemon juice.

Gujarati Mango Soup
This sweet, sour, and hot, soup gets its flavor from mangoes, chile peppers, yogurt, curry leaves, and spices like turmeric, cumin, and coriander.

Gazpacho
Fresh, ripe tomatoes, green peppers, cucumber, garlic, bread, oliver oil, and vinegar come together in this classic Spanish soup.

Spring Pea Soup with Chive Oil and Crème Fraîche
Bright-green, this pureed soup is filled with peas, shallots, celery, and pancetta bits. On top is a squiggle of white-pepper cream and chive oil.

Gooey, Cheesy Baked French Onion Soup
A slightly heretical take on a French classic, this riff involves slicing, sautéing, and, the laying on of cheese, yes, but not as you’ve experienced before.
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- 25 M
- 2 H
- 11
Portuguese Fennel Soup
Fennel soup, or sopa de funcho in Portuguese, is a staple in Madeira and the Azores Islands. This recipe is full of fennel, pork, sausage, cabbage, and beans.

Portuguese Kale Soup, Zinnia Café Style
This recipe for Portuguese soup is an adaptation of sopa de couve, a soup from the Azores in Portugal. It’s replete with beef, beans, onions, potatoes and kale.

Caldo Verde | Portuguese Kale Soup
Considered Portugal’s national dish, caldo verde, or green soup, is a homey dish of potatoes, kale sliced whisker thin, and smoky pork sausage.

South Coast Portuguese Fish Chowder
The hearty fish chowder is an homage to the Portuguese in the New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts, areas. It’s replete with fish, spicy sausage, potatoes.
