Soups

Gordon Ramsay’s pumpkin soup is smooth, velvety and rich, made by roasting a whole pumpkin with garlic and rosemary until the flesh caramelises, then blending it with Parmesan, cream and a knob of butter. Topped with sautéed wild mushrooms and Parmesan shavings, it serves 6 in about 90 minutes. This is from his Ultimate Cookery …

Gordon Ramsay’s chicken noodle soup is aromatic, clean and deeply savoury, built on a broth of poached chicken thighs, dried shiitake mushrooms, ginger, star anise and Shaoxing rice wine, ready in about 25 minutes. The noodles hold their bite because they never touch the broth pot. This is his Chicken and Shiitake Noodle Soup from …

Gordon Ramsay’s tomato soup is 1.5kg of ripe tomatoes seared with red onion and cayenne, then roasted until the edges char. It gets blended with stock, cream and a sundried tomato pesto. The recipe comes from Ultimate Home Cooking, serves four and takes 50 minutes. The book calls it Creamy Tomato Soup with Sundried Tomato …

Gordon Ramsay’s French onion soup is rich, aromatic and built on a kilo of onions cooked low and slow for 40 minutes until they’re meltingly soft, then finished with dry cider, chicken stock and a drizzle of cream. It’s topped with Lincolnshire Poacher cheese melted on sourdough croutons. Ramsay doesn’t make a classic French onion …

Gordon Ramsay’s pea and mint soup is vibrant green, silky smooth and ready in under 10 minutes. It’s made with frozen peas, fresh mint and crème fraîche, topped with crispy prosciutto that shatters when you dip your spoon through it. This is his Pea and Mint Soup with Prosciutto from Fast Food. The technique that …

Gordon Ramsay’s broccoli soup is bright green, velvety and made from one ingredient: broccoli boiled in salted water for three and a half minutes, then blended with the cooking liquid. No stock, no cream, no onion. He calls it “easy beyond belief” and it’s ready in 10 minutes. This comes from Make It Easy and …

Gordon Ramsay’s cauliflower soup is silky smooth and rich, and the brown butter and sage on top make it smell like autumn the moment you pour it. It’s one cauliflower, stock, milk and cream, so it’s on the table in about twenty minutes. This comes from Quick and Delicious, and the brown butter is honestly …

Gordon Ramsay’s carrot soup is warming, spiced and thick enough to keep you full for hours, which is exactly why he put it in his Fit Food book. It’s built on grated carrots, red lentils and garam masala, and the whole pot costs less than £4. The recipe is his Lentil, Carrot and Coriander Soup …

Gordon Ramsay’s meatball soup is smoky, spicy and packed with soft beef meatballs in a chipotle tomato broth, topped with crushed tortilla chips and fresh coriander. It’s a spicy Mexican soup, not Italian, which is why it tastes completely different from what you’re probably expecting. This is his Spicy Meatball Soup from Ultimate Cookery Course. …