Gourmet Fruit Soup

Series Summary

There is nothing more comforting that a bowl of warm soup on a cold winter day, or a steaming cup of Mom’s chicken noodle soup when you are feeling sick. The great thing about soup is that you can use any variety of ingredients and they are often quite simple to make. Primarily a combination of meat, vegetables, or legumes, in stock or hot water, soup has been a favorite dish for centuries and comes from the word “sop”, meaning a piece of bread served with some type of liquid. There are two main classifications of soups: clear soups and thick soups. Whether you are making a clear bouillon based soup or a thick creamy soup, there’s no doubt that soup is an easy and great dish to accompany any meal.

In this free video recipe, our expert will take another look at classic soup recipes with this gourmet fruit soup dish. Similar to a smoothie, this fruit soup recipe is easy to make and delicious. Our expert will teach you how to prepare all the fruits, including cantaloupe, apples, kiwi, berries and lemons. You will also get tips on making pound cake croutons, adding tofu to your fruit soup and serving this delicious vegetarian recipe.

Video Transcript

"Hi welcome to expertvillage.com, I'm Emory. We are here today, we are going to be making a chilled fruit soup with pound cake croûtons. Yes incredibly delicious. Let me tell you a little bit about me; my background cooking. I study cooking in Los Angeles, then I traveled around the world. I went to cooking school in France and London at the Le Cordon Bleu. I have been a caterer and a private chef, I have worked on movie sets in peoples homes. I have taught cooking for the learning annex. So I have some background in food that I like to share with you. I think you are really going to enjoy this recipe today; no cooking involved just some clean chopping, blending and eating. We are going to be using some, kiwis, lemons, mango, tofu, apple. This is targon, some mint and our berries blueberries, raspberries, and some premade pound cake. You can use any combination of fruit that you like to your taste. You can also use different cakes to your taste. But we are going to show you this recipe and get started right now so keep clicking."