Creamy Courgette Soup

If you are looking for a light and filling soup that is low in calories, then this Creamy Courgette Soup is for you. Just 5 ingredients and a mere 68 calories for a large bowl and can easily be made vegan too. This silky smooth Courgette Soup is a great way to use up a lot of courgettes if you have them growing in your garden.

It doesn't get much lighter than a courgette soup and the chives gives it a stronger onion flavour and they pair beautifully with the courgettes, without adding a lot of extra calories. Roasting the courgettes before adding to the pan adds so much more flavour to the soup too.

Even if you don't have any courgettes growing in your garden, they are really cheap to pick up at this time of year which makes this a budget friendly soup if you stick to the basic recipe. But, we have given you lots of ways below that you can jazz it up a bit with some more indulgent ingredients.

Looking for some other ways to use courgettes? Why not try our Courgette Fritters, Courgette Risotto, Courgette Frittata, or Courgette Pizza Bites.

Jump to:

• Why should you try it?
• What you will need
•  Step by step
• Courgette or Zucchini?
• Health benefits of courgette
• What to serve with Courgette Soup
• FAQs
• Extra Tips
• More soup recipes
• Recipe

Why should you try it?

What you will need

 Step by step

One: Heat the oil in a large soup pan and then add the onion, garlic and courgette. Gently cook for 5 minutes, stirring every so often.

Two: Add the vegetable stock and chives to the pan and gently simmer for 15 minutes.

Three: Blend the soup until smooth and stir in the creme fraiche.

Four: Serve in bowls with a dollop of creme fraiche and chives for serving.

Courgette or Zucchini?

Courgettes and zucchinis are essentially the same vegetable but are called different things in different countries. In the UK, they are known as a courgettes, but in the US, they are called zucchini.

Technically though, there is a difference between the two. The names are used to refer to that same plant, but which is growing at a different stage of plant's development. The courgette is younger and therefore slightly smaller than the older and larger zucchini.

For any recipe on this blog that uses courgette we are also referring to a zucchini too. For more UK/US food terms see our chart of food translations.

When it comes to preparing the courgette, you want to make sure that you squeeze out as much excess liquid from it as possible. use a box grater or food processor to grate the courgette and then squeeze, squeeze, squeeze the liquid out. Why is this so important? It stops the fritters from getting soggy and helps them to get nice and crispy.

Health benefits of courgette

Courgettes are very low in calories and they have a high water content. They are also super nutritious as they are a great source of vitamins A and C, potassium and fibre.

Make sure to include the skin of the courgette in the soup, as that is where most of the fibre comes from. It will all be blended up in to the soup anyway.

What to serve with Courgette Soup

To give our courgette soup a bit of texture, we love serving it with some crunchy croutons on top. We make our own easy croutons by chopping up some bread in to squares and drizzling over a little olive oil and a sprinkle of garlic granules and dried herbs. Put them in the oven for about 5 minutes to crisp up. Perfect for adding to soups and salads.

You could keep it simple and serve the soup with some French bread fresh from the oven. Garlic bread is also great to dip in it, and that is a favourite with our kids.

This time, we served it with our Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia, which is a really easy and delicious homemade bread that goes perfectly with courgette soup.

FAQs

Extra Tips

• If the soup is too thin and watery, you can thicken it with a flour slurry. Mix equal parts plain flour and water (say 2 tablespoon of each) in a cup and then mix that in to the soup until you get desired thickness.
• Chives work well with this courgette soup as they have a nice onion flavour, but you could use basil, mint or parsley instead.
• Add a little extra vibrant green colour and a nutrient boost by cooking some peas with it and blending them up too.
• You could use plain yoghurt or cream instead in this zucchini soup if you don't have any creme fraiche.
• Make this vegan by leaving out the creme fraiche.
• Use shallots instead of onion for a sweeter flavour.
• If you want to give this soup a flavour boost, then roast the courgettes before adding to the pan.
• We have used vegetarian stock to keep this soup vegetarian, however you could swap it for a really good quality chicken stock to give it a richer flavour.
• If you are making this for your children, then use a low salt stock and don't season the whole soup, just do individual bowls if wanted.
• If you are using a jug blender to blend this soup, then wait until it has cooled first as you could crack the jug if it is too hot.
• Crumble some feta on top with a little indulgent twist.
• If you want to bulk out the soup, then some cooked rice or orzo pasta works well.

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