Topic: Base Substitute (in a hurry)

[emin-j]

Well done for trying it Martin 

[George]

I'd never seen this soup at Lidl before, and probably won't again for a long time anyway, As is the way with Lidl.

Many thanks for mentioning this soup. I bought a carton a few hours after you'd first mentioned it, and found the soup very tasty. I would never have noticed it, otherwise. Yes, I fear it won't be a regular line, but is just a 'special' consignment at Lidl. It may be available from other stores though, like Tesco or Asda, perhaps.

[martinvic]

Thanks Emin-j, yep well worth a go just as an experiment.
Now, if needed, I definitely wouldn't be scared to knock a base up out of a couple of tins/cartons of soup (onion and a veg probably) + some spices and herbs (none was needed/added with the Indian soup).


No problem George, yep quite tasty indeed.
They, New Covent Garden Soup Co, have a website with loads of the recipes etc.
http://www.newcoventgardensoup.com/
Sadly they don't mention any outlets that sell their range, but a quick look on the Tesco's site shows they sell them.

Martin

[natterjak]

I contacted New Covent Garden Soup Company to find out where I could buy the Indian Summer soup Martin discovered, here's the reply 


Good morning

Thank you for your email with regards to our Indian Summer soup.

This soup was only available during the month of September, it was our Soup of the Month, so will not available again, sorry.

Kind regards

Lynne Dickson
Customer Relations
New Covent Garden Soup Company

[Peripatetic Phil]

This soup was only available during the month of September, it was our Soup of the Month, so will not available again, sorry.

In that case, write and ask them for the recipe : if it won't be available again, they have nothing to lose and a lot of customer goodwill to gain 

** Phil.

[bamble1976]

Hi

This looks promising

Barry

http://www.newcoventgardensoup.com/members-soups/indian-summer

[martinvic]

Yep, as Barry pointed out, there is a recipe for it on their site.

Sorry, the only reason I didn't mention it was I thought the whole point was to have a quick ready made base substitute.

Instead of spending the time making the soup, you might as well make a proper base.


But if you do like soup, it's pretty tasty.



I also used half a carton of this, to which I added a good handful of lentils, cooked them up to make a sort of half dahl half base. Then made a pretty reasonable Dhansak with it.

Martin