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30 essential soups to get you through the long winter ahead

Pumpkin. Pea and ham. Potato and leek. These comforting soup recipes will keep you warm and toasty all winter.

30 recipes
Roasted vegetable and lentil soup.
EASY

Roasted vegetable and lentil soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Roast pumpkin soup with merguez sausage, chilli, chickpeas and a swirl of rose harissa.
EASY

Roast pumpkin soup with chickpeas

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Parsnip and onion soup swirled with cream.
EASY

Parsnip and onion soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Potato and leek soup with parmesan.

Potato and leek soup with parmesan

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Curried roasted pumpkin soup with tamari nuts.
EASY

Roasted curried pumpkin, parsnip and chilli soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Pick up a supermarket roast chicken for this spiced soup.
EASY

Ras el hanout, lentil and roast chicken soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Creamy chicken and corn soup

  • 2 hrs +
Roast pumpkin, fried tofu and coconut laksa.

Pumpkin, fried tofu and coconut laksa

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Roasted cauliflower and turmeric soup with yoghurt and poached egg.

Karen Martini's roasted cauliflower and turmeric soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Creamy cauliflower cheese soup pictured with pieces of parmesan and thyme monkey bread (see recipe below).
EASY

Cauliflower and cheese soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Roasted root vegetable soup with cinnamon and ginger.

Roasted pumpkin and root-vegetable soup with cinnamon and ginger

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Creamy leek, potato and bacon soup with crispy prosciutto.

Roasted leek, potato and bacon soup with caramelised balsamic prosciutto

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Garlicky sweet potato and chickpea soup served with spiced red onion and feta scones.
EASY

Garlic, sweet potato and chickpea soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
Karen Martini's smoked ham hock and lentil soup.

Smoked ham hock and lentil soup with parsley and poached eggs

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Roasty-toasty: Spiced carrot and sweet potato soup with toasted seeds and roasted carrots.
EASY

Sweet potato, carrot and cumin soup with pomegranate, roasted carrots and toasted seeds

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Neil Perry's minestrone with beans and chickpeas.
EASY

Minestrone soup with legumes and bacon

  • 1-2 hrs
Minestrone soup.
EASY

Minestrone soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Thick minestrone with parmesan croutons.
EASY

Thick minestrone with parmesan croutons

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Pea and ham soup.

Pea and ham soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Neil Perry's pea and ham soup.

Soup recipes: Pea and ham soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Broccoli and bean soup with pecorino.
EASY

Broccoli and bean soup with pecorino

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Frank Camorra
Chicken and corn soup.
EASY

Chicken and corn soup recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Rachel Khoo
Chicken and sweetcorn soup.
EASY

Chicken and sweetcorn soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Chinese chicken noodle soup with a chilli kick.
EASY

Kylie Kwong's chicken, chilli and Hokkien noodle soup recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Kylie Kwong
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This simple chicken and vegie soup uses a whole chicken.
EASY

Whole chicken and vegetable soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Lamb shank and barley soup with lots of veggies

Lamb shank and barley soup with lots of vegies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
Arabella Forge's cold-busting chicken soup.

Cold-busting chicken soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Arabella Forge
Karen Martini's French onion soup.
EASY

French onion soup

  • 2 hrs +
Roast pumpkin soup swirled with spinach puree and cream.

Roast pumpkin soup with spinach and cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Smoky tomato soup with shredded chicken, cavolo nero and cheese.

Smoky tomato, pearl barley and chicken soup with parmesan

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink

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