Recipe courtesy of J.J. Jackson
J J's Smoked Gouda Vegetable Soup
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 6 to 8 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 8 servings
- Calories
- 355
- Total Fat
- 18
- Saturated Fat
- 6
- Carbohydrates
- 38
- Dietary Fiber
- 7
- Sugar
- 8
- Protein
- 15
- Cholesterol
- 34
- Sodium
- 1075
Ingredients
10 strips bacon, diced
1 1/2 cups sliced onion
2 or more cloves garlic, mashed and chopped
2 carrots, cut in half lengthwise and sliced
1 (14 1/2-ounce) can diced (or crushed) tomatoes (do not drain)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 (15-ounce) can cannellini or Great Northern beans (do not drain)
2 roasted red peppers, sliced
2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans chicken broth
1 small zucchini, sliced and chopped in large pieces
1 small yellow squash, sliced and chopped in large pieces
2 large leaves fresh basil, chopped
12 leaves fresh oregano, chopped
12 (1/2-inch) slices French baguette
Vegetable cooking spray
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to taste
Hungarian paprika to taste (optional)
1/2 cup smoked Gouda cheese, diced
Directions
- Render bacon slowly in nonstick skillet over medium-low heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, reserve for garnish, and heat fat on medium-low. Add onion and cook for 3 minutes. Add garlic and continue cooking until onions are translucent. Do not allow garlic to burn. Transfer onions and garlic to a soup pot. Add carrots, tomatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the beans, red peppers, chicken broth, zucchini, and yellow squash. Bring to a boil. Add basil and oregano. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray baguette slices with cooking spray and lightly toast in oven. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese and paprika on toast and toast until light brown and bubbly.
- Five minutes before serving, add Gouda cheese to soup and allow a few minutes for cheese to soften. Ladle soup into serving bowls. Sprinkle reserved bacon over top. Place 2 slices of toast per serving on top of soup.
- Mix flour and salt in a bowl. Remove 1/3 cup of the mixture and set aside. Add the chilled shortening and, using a pastry cutter, incorporate until shortening and flour become pea-sized (be patient), set aside. Use reserved 1/3 cup of flour/salt mixture and 1/4 cup of water, mix to make a paste. Using hands, add paste to flour/shortening mixture and work it just enough for paste to cover everything - don't work it too much. Roll out dough, and then roll onto pin to transfer to pie tin. Fill with preferred pumpkin pie or other pie filling.