Okroshka is tired of horror, invented summer soup, generously sprinkled with crackers

When it comes to a good summer soup with vegetables, everyone’s favorite okroshka comes to mind first. But even it can get boring if you cook it too often. So we need to come up with some alternative. Squash soup It's perfect. It may have a different texture, but there is not an ounce of meat. This means that the stomach will not feel any weight.



You don’t need much time for this soup. It is not long to cook and can be served to both guests and all home at any part of the day. Delicious, dietary and no extra work. We highly recommend it.

Squash Soup Ingredients

• 550g zucchini (can be halved with zucchini)
• 100g onion
• 100g carrots
• 4 large Bulgarian peppers
• 1 tooth. Garlic
• fluff
• salt, pepper
• 1.5 tsp smoked paprika
• 50ml cream
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1.5 liters of broth

Preparation

1. It is better to take vegetable broth or maximum chicken, for ease. But you can do with ordinary water. Cut the zucchini with a medium cube and stop cooking with bay leaves for 10 minutes.
   
   
   
2. Meanwhile, cut the onions finely and rub the carrots on a medium grater. Roast them in vegetable oil. About 5 minutes is enough. After that, add cut Bulgarian pepper to the pan. After another 5 minutes salt, pepper and add paprika to the vegetables.
   
   
   
3. During this time, the zucchini should be ready. Add to them the contents of the pan, and throw away the bay leaves. Try the semi-finished soup to taste. If you need, add more salt.
   
   
   
4. Using a submersible blender, purify the soup and add cream to it. Decorate your greens. To reveal all the flavors, the soup should be put on a medium fire and brought to a boil. Right after that, he'll be ready. Serve some delicious croutons and grated garlic.
   
   
   

Interestingly, the base of zucchini and zucchini passed through the blender very thickens the texture of the soup. It becomes pleasant and silky. But if you remember French cuisine, mashed soups in it were made mainly on the basis of potatoes. But this root vegetable has 25% starch, which will make any dish heavier. It doesn't suit us.



And one more tip about the broth. Do not throw out thick residues from any greens, the inner parts of peppers and the green part of tomatoes. All this good can be frozen in a disposable bag and then added to the broth. You will see it will only make it better and tastier. And the benefits of soups with such a basis is almost impossible to overestimate!