How to cook the soup without prescription

Borscht and cabbage soup - it is special to Russian cuisine soups, with the history and unique cooking technology. On Layfhakere them separate articles devoted. But today, you get a universal guide, with which you can prepare dozens of other soups. Recipes do not need! The main thing - to know the basic principles.

From this table, you can prepare the soup, based on your taste preferences, and products available in the fridge.

Choose one ingredient in each of the columns. Products in the same line are perfectly combined with each other. But the beauty is that all the components are interchangeable. If you do not have Greek yogurt, it is quite possible to replace the cream or sour cream. Neither one nor the other, nor the third? Invent a replacement for yourself!

These soups - a godsend for those who follow the figure. They are a lot less calories than in the soup, borscht and other soups, meat filling.

Treat as a creative cooking, and then an hour at your desk is a delicious warming soup. But what about the recipe? He did not need to, if you will study the basic principles.

Rule 1. Slice the vegetables into uniform pieces

If half of the ingredients coarsely chop, and other finely chopped, then, while the first part is cooked, the second has become a mess. To puree soup is not a problem. But in this case, remember that small pieces cook faster.

Make sure that all components are cut by soup were the same size.

Rule 2. Do not try to drown products

Water or broth should be just enough to just cover the vegetables. You should not pour the liquid pan to the brim. Exception - cooking legumes. They absorb a lot of liquid.

If the soup is too thick, just add the broth. It is easier than to get rid of excess fluid.

Rule 3. Try!

The soup should be cooked with the tasting spoon in hand. 20 minutes after the start of cooking, with its help, you, as an artist, you can make the missing shades in the palette of taste.

"Mmm, insufficient salting" - add salt. "I like to go for the gusto" - a little more chili. "It seems overdone with caraway" - dilute the broth or water.

Try and bring a taste of their soup to perfection!

Rule 4. Use a pot with a lid

When cooking the soup it is important not to boil away the liquid. Need cover! Cover the pan it, and everything will be fine. And if the soup turned out too thin and need to fix it, remove the cover at the end of cooking - too much evaporates.

Rule 5. Make friends with blender

Immersion blender in the kitchen performs many useful functions. Use it for soups. It is indispensable for soups, mashed potatoes. One click, and you do not need to do anything manually grind. And for the more delicate creamy texture crushed blender, strain the soup through a sieve.

The soup is ready! All that remains to you, - pour the soup into bowls and cut bread. Enjoy your meal!

Write in the comments how you cook soups. Do you have life hacking your soup?