Basics of Soup
What is the main liquid used to make most soups?
Water or stock
What soup is made by simmering bones, meat, and vegetables?
Broth.
What do you call the large pot used to make soups and stocks?
Stockpot
What is the traditional Japanese soup made with miso paste?
Miso soup
What is the difference between broth and stock?
Broth uses meat, stock uses bones.
What is the difference between a clear soup and a thick soup?
Clear is transparent (like broth), thick is creamy or dense.
Which thick, chunky soup often contains potatoes, corn, or seafood?
Chowder.
What mixture of onions, carrots, and celery is the flavor base of many soups?
Mirepoix
What spicy Mexican soup is made with hominy and pork?
Pozole.
What classic cold French soup is made of leeks, potatoes, and cream?
Vichyssoise.
What ingredient is usually added to thicken cream soups?
Cream, milk, or roux.
A bisque is usually made with what type of main ingredient?
Shellfish (lobster, crab, shrimp).
What cooking technique do you use to extract flavors by gently simmering ingredients in liquid?
Simmering
What French onion soup is topped with bread and melted cheese?
Soupe à l’oignon (French onion soup).
What process thickens soups naturally as starchy ingredients like rice or potatoes cook?
Gelatinization of starch.
Which soup is clarified with egg whites to become perfectly clear?
Consommé.
What soup is traditionally made with beets and eaten in Eastern Europe?
Borscht.
What French term means “to strain soup through a fine cloth or sieve”?
Passer
What Middle Eastern soup is often eaten during Ramadan to break the fast?
Harira.
What term describes the intense, rich flavor that develops when soup reduces?
Concentration (or reduction).
What is the French culinary term for the first course of a meal, often served as soup?
Potage
What Spanish cold soup is made from blended tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers?
Gazpacho.
What is the Italian name for the soup made with vegetables, beans, and pasta?
Minestrone
What is the Thai spicy and sour soup often made with shrimp?
Tom Yum.
What is the traditional Chinese medicinal soup made with herbs, roots, and sometimes animal bones?
Herbal tonic soup.