Italian Soups Recipes - Quick Courgette Soup (Minestra di Zucchini Alla Svelta) Recipe

Ingredients

• 350 g/12 oz firm courgettes (zucchini), cut into chunks

• 3 tomatoes, skinned and quartered

• 450 ml/2 cups milk

• 1.5 ml/1/4 tsp cayenne

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 45 ml/3 tbsp single (light) cream

• 5 ml/1 tsp snipped fresh chives 

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Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients except the cream and chives and simmer for 15 minutes.

2. Puree in a blender or food processor or press through a sieve (strainer). Reheat. Pour the soup into individual bowls.

3. Add a swirl of cream and sprinkle with chives before serving.