5 stale soup Recipes

butter, dry sherry, onions, peeled and thinly sliced, browning sauce , such as kitchen bouquet, sugar, red curry paste, toasted french bread rounds (stale or toasted bread works best), beef broth, shredded swiss cheese, shredded gruyere cheese, beef consomme

borlotti beans or other small dried bean of choice, soaked for 4 hours, chicken stock, garlic, crushed, onions, 1/2 peeled, 1 1/2 chopped, salt and freshly ground black pepper, thick peasant style bread, cut into coarse cubes or torn into pieces, evoo , plus some for drizzling at the table, carrots, chopped, ribs celery with leafy tops, chopped, crushed red pepper flakes , 1/3 palmful, fresh bay leaf, herb bundle of fresh parsley , sage, thyme and rosemary, dry white wine, tuscan kale (also known as lacinato or dinosaur) or swiss chard, stemmed and chopped, (about 12 oz trimmed greens), savoy cabbage, cored and chopped , about 2 to 3 cups, a few grates of nutmeg, tomato puree or passata, parmigiano-reggiano rind, plus freshly grated to pass at table, white or red onion, finely chopped

elbow macaroni , undercooked in boiling,salted water &,drained, butter, flour, dry mustard (colman s), cayenne pepper, cheddar cheese soup, melted butter, salt, milk (skim is okay, higher fat is better), heavy cream, grated medium cheddar, grated colby cheese, plain breadcrumbs , very coarsely grated from a stale loaf of crusty white bread (good country bread is best but if you use store bought crumbs, make sure they are roughly grated, no)

extra virgin olive oil, garlic cloves, chopped, onions or 1 large onion, finely chopped, diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, salt and pepper, chicken stock, chopped or torn stale bread (about 1/2 lb), white beans , such as goya brand (smaller than cannellini beans), grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese , to pass at table, fresh basil leaves , torn (optional)