Cheese soups came to our national cuisine from France and firmly rooted, taking their place of honor in the category of first courses served to the dinner table. And no wonder!
Soup made on the basis of melted cheese, turns out rich, delicate, incredibly fragrant. Its texture is light and airy, and the exquisite taste will satisfy even the most demanding gourmet.
The versatility of soups based on melted cheese is that for its preparation you can use almost everything that you have in stock. It can be: various sausages, mushrooms, vegetables, any kind of meat, pasta, shrimps and much more.
If you like nourishing rich soups with a pronounced creamy taste, add to the broth in the cooking process, in addition to cheese, some more milk, cream or sour cream (of your choice) and a small piece of peasant (butter).
The density and richness of the finished dish will directly depend on the amount of cheese used: want thicker - put more, want less often - on the contrary, less.
The easiest recipe
Required components:
- potatoes - 3-4 tubers;
- carrot (not very large) - 1 pc .;
- onion - 2 pcs .;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic (to taste);
- processed cheese - 200-250 g;
- Peasant oil - 30-40 g;
- greens (onions, dill) - according to personal preferences;
- table salt;
- a mixture of ground peppers;
- allspice peas - 3 pcs.;
- bay leaf
The culinary process of the hostess takes no more than 30 minutes.
Calories per 100 g: 29 kcal.
How to cook cheese soup with melted cheese:
- Peel potatoes, wash them thoroughly and, cut into small cubes, place in a 2 liter pot. Fill with water and set on moderate heat;
- In the meantime, get ready to prepare the remaining root vegetables: rub the grated carrots on a grater, and chop the bulbs into thin half rings. Enter the prepared root crops for potatoes, in the already boiling water;
- After re-boiling, reduce the heat to minimum, salt the soup to your taste, enter the peppers allspice, a pinch of a mixture of ground peppers and bay leaf. Cover the container with a tight lid and cook for 20 minutes. During this time, the potatoes reach readiness, and you prepare the remaining ingredients;
- Crush melted cheese on a grater or cut into small pieces. Wash greens and chop at random. Finely chop the garlic. Enter all prepared ingredients into the boiling soup 10 minutes before the end of its preparation. Just do not forget to add a piece of butter;
- Remove the finished soup from the stove, cover tightly with a lid and leave to infuse for 25-45 minutes - so it will become even more fragrant and tastier;
- Cheese soup, simple cooking ready for use. Serve hot to the table, complementing fragrant garlic croutons. Enjoy your meal!
Cheese cream soup with melted cheese and mushrooms
It is necessary to prepare such a set of products:
- processed cheese - 250 g (can be more, because it is the basis of the dish);
- fresh mushrooms (champignons are perfect) - 250 g;
- potato tubers - 2 pcs .;
- Onion - 1 pc .;
- carrots (small) - 1 pc .;
- sour cream (fat content - at the discretion) - 2 tbsp. l .;
- garlic (can be without it) - 2 cloves;
- rock salt;
- ground black / red peppers;
- Lavrushka - 1 pc .;
- green curly parsley - 1-2 sprigs.
The time that the hostess needs to spend on cooking: 45 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g: 35 kcal.
Preparing a delicious lunch consists of the following steps:
- Put melted cheese in advance in the freezer - it is easier to grind it when frozen;
- Wash fresh champignons under running water, cut into quarters and place in a saucepan. There also send the potatoes cut by small pieces, any chopped onion and carrots. Pour all 2 liters of cold water and send to the stove, waiting for boiling;
- After boiling, reduce the heat to the lowest possible, add salt to taste, a pinch of pepper and bay leaf. Boil the soup under the lid for 25-30 minutes. After this time, the bay leaf must be removed, it will no longer be needed;
- Grate the frozen processed cheese on a fine grater. Enter it with sour cream in boiling soup and stir, waiting for its complete dissolution. Let boil for 5-7 minutes;
- Bring the soup to a puree using the dip blender, then add the finely chopped cloves of garlic and remove from the stove;
- Serve hot cheese cream soup with mushrooms to the dinner table, in portion broths, sprinkled with chopped parsley.
Chicken cheese soup with melted cheese
The required set of products:
- fillet (chicken) - 300 g;
- processed cheese - 2 pcs .;
- potatoes - 4 pcs .;
- carrot - 1 pc .;
- Bulgarian onions - 2 pcs .;
- small vermicelli - 50 g;
- Peasant oil - 50 g;
- greens (you can take parsley or another to taste) - 1-2 sprigs;
- salt;
- black pepper;
- bay leaf;
- hops suneli.
The whole cooking process will last: 45 min.
Calories per 100 g: 45.
Cooking:
- Peel potatoes, wash and cut into medium-sized bars;
- Wash, dry and cut chicken fillet into small pieces of the same size;
- Onions cut into 2 halves, then each of the halves into another 2 parts, and then finely chop. Slice carrots into thin slices;
- Put all the prepared ingredients in a saucepan, pour 2.5 liters of water and put on the fire, bring to a boil. After boiling, remove the foam which forms on the surface, salt to taste and, covered with a lid, cook for 30 minutes;
- After the specified time, enter the soup, chopped in small sticks, processed cheese. Stir continuously until the cheese is completely dissolved. Then enter the noodles, ground pepper and a pinch of hops-suneli. After you put the vermicelli into the soup, you shouldn't boil it for a long time, 4-5 minutes will be quite enough. Otherwise, the pasta will fall apart and acquire an unpresentable appearance;
- At the end of cooking, add a piece of butter and chopped parsley to the soup. Remove pan from heat and leave to infuse for 2-3 minutes;
- Ready-made chicken cheese soup is recommended to be served with crispy white bread croutons.
Cheese cream soup with melted cheese, cream and shrimps
Ingredients for cooking:
- potatoes (yellow) - 3 tubers;
- Bulgarian onions - 2 pcs .;
- carrot - ½ part;
- cheese (melted texture) - 150 g;
- cream - 100 ml;
- shrimp (peeled) - 200 g;
- refined oil - 50 ml;
- salt pepper.
Cooking a delicious first course will take 40 minutes.
Calories per 100 g: 30.
Stages of cooking:
- Vegetables must be peeled, washed and cut into small cubes. Potatoes pour 2 liters of cold water and boil them, and make carrots and onions to fry on a small amount of refined oil;
- After the water begins to boil, add cooked fry to the potatoes and continue cooking until ready (20-25 minutes);
- Slice the processed cheese curd into small pieces and add to the boiling soup. Stir and make sure that the cheese pieces are completely dissolved in the broth;
- Remove the saucepan from the stove and, using an immersion blender, bring the soup to a puree-like consistency;
- Then add warm cream, pepper and salt to your liking. Enter the peeled shrimps and return the soup to the stove. Bring to a boil and turn off the heat;
- Delicious cheese cream soup with shrimps and cream is fully ready to eat. Enjoy!
Delicious diet cheese soup with melted cheese
Ingredients Required:
- processed mushroom "Mushroom" - 300 g;
- white onions - 3 pcs .;
- carrots - 2 pcs .;
- white bread - 200 g;
- garlic - ½ head;
- green onions - 4-5 feathers;
- salt;
- pepper;
- butter - 20 g.
To prepare the dish, you need to allocate 30 minutes.
Calories per 100 g: 22.
Cooking:
- Peel carrots, wash and cut into small cubes. Shred onions arbitrarily. Put the roots in a saucepan, pour 1 l of water and put on fire;
- After the water boils, enter the crushed processed cheese curd and stir until it is completely dissolved. After that, salt and pepper as you like;
- Cook the cheese soup for 15 minutes, then add a piece of butter, chopped garlic and remove from heat;
- Cook the croutons. Slice the white bread into small cubes and send to dry in a preheated oven;
- Dietary cheese soup is served at the table in portion broths. Before serving, a handful of white crackers and a pinch of chopped onion feathers are added to each broth.
Cooking in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- processed cheese - 200 g;
- ham - 150 g;
- potatoes - 3-4 pcs .;
- Onion - 1 pc .;
- carrots - 1 pc .;
- sweet Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc .;
- Provence herbs - ½ tsp;
- salt;
- ground pepper;
Only 45 minutes and a delicious soup will be ready for serving.
Calories per 100 g: 44.
Step-by-step recipe for cheese soup with melted cheese and ham in a slow cooker:
- Peel potatoes, wash and cut into medium sized cubes;
- Chop the onion in half rings and rub the carrots on a grater;
- Clean sweet pepper from seeds and cut into cubes;
- Ham cut into cubes (2 times less than potatoes). In the same way, grind and melted cheese;
- Fold all the prepared ingredients into the bowl of the slow cooker, pour 2 liters of water, add salt and pepper, as well as a pinch of Provencal herbs;
- Close the multicooker with a lid, turn on the “Soup” program and cook until a signal of readiness;
- If desired, the finished cheese soup can be sprinkled with chopped herbs.
Cheese Soup Recipe Without Melted Cheese
Ingredients Required:
- meat broth - 1 l;
- Dutch cheese - 500 g;
- butter - 50 g;
- wheat flour - 2 tablespoons l .;
- sour cream - 2 tbsp. l .;
- chicken eggs - 2 pcs .;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- salt;
- nutmeg - on the tip of a knife;
- ground pepper;
- parsley or dill.
You need to spend on cooking only 20 minutes, and you will not notice how they pass.
Calories per 100 g: 35.
Cooking:
- Melt the butter directly in a saucepan, then add flour to it and stir thoroughly. After starting to pour in a thin stream of meat broth, without stopping the mixing process;
- After the broth begins to boil, add all the necessary spices, salt and chopped garlic;
- Dutch cheese grate and pour into boiling soup. Once it is dissolved, remove the pan from the heat;
- In a separate bowl, whisk sour cream and chicken eggs with a fork. Enter the mixture into the hot soup and stir quickly;
- Parsley or dill finely chopped, and sprinkle over the finished cheese soup;
- Before serving, you can additionally add several slices of finely chopped cheese to the table in each portion plate.
Cheese soup is a versatile and fairly easy to prepare dish that does not require special culinary skills and long cooking time. This dish is perfect for baby food.
Another recipe for cream cheese soup is in the next video.
