8 cheese soup croute Recipes

heads of garlic, separated into cloves, unpeeled, browned vegetable stock (i use ultimate ultimate ) or 6 cups any well-flavored chicken stock or 6 cups well-flavored vegetable stock, dried sage, dried leaf thyme, parsley, pepper , to taste, tomato juice (i only use low sodium v8) or 2 cups v 8 vegetable juice (i only use low sodium v8), uncooked orzo pasta or 3/4 cup alphabet pasta or 3/4 cup other small shell pasta, egg yolks, garlic bread , croutes (i use croutes croutes), sharp cheddar cheese (or a combination of cheddar & monterey) or 4 -6 oz monterey jack cheese, shredded (or a combination of cheddar & monterey), minced fresh parsley or cilantro, for garnish, ripe avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced, for garnish (optional)

ripe tomatoes, roma, red onion, quartered, garlic cloves, pealed, left whole, chicken stock or 1 2/3 cups vegetable stock, sun-dried tomato paste, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sugar, fresh basil leaf (small handful, plus extra for garnish ), salt, pepper, toasted cheese , croutes, to serve, creme fraiche, to serve

head broccoli (i doubled this and used twice the broccoli), onion, chopped, butter, melted, potato (cut in 1 inch cubes ), flour, chicken broth, whipping cream, nutmeg, salt, pepper, cheddar cheese or 1 cup smoked, frozen puff pastry shells, thawed, egg, beaten

unsalted butter, pearl onion, sliced thin, leeks, sliced thin (white and pale green parts), minced scallion (white parts , save the greens for the croutes), minced shallot, minced garlic, grated ginger, flour, chicken stock or 7 cups vegetable stock, dry vermouth, apple cider, french bread, soft mild goat cheese, snipped scallion top, black pepper

whole cloves garlic, unpeeled, sized onion, halved, water, salt, fresh thyme sprigs, bay leaf, croutes (see note below ), cantal cheese, grated, unsalted butter, at room temperature, all-purpose flour, egg yolks, at room temperature, fruity white wine, at room temperature

dried mushrooms, butter, shallots (peeled and chopped ), garlic cloves (peeled and finely chopped ), mushrooms, thinly sliced, chestnut mushrooms, thinly sliced, dry madeira wine, fresh thyme, vegetable stock ((1 1/2 pt), double cream ((1/4 pt), french bread, camembert cheese (sliced ), leaf from 2 sprigs thyme (to garnish )