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Christmas soup recipes

Enjoy one of these nourishing Christmas soup recipes during the festive period – perfect if you need an inviting Christmas Day starter or satisfying lunch to use up leftovers.

Choose from squash and apple, cauliflower and stilton, curried parsnip and lots more winter warmers. Celeriac and brown butter takes things up a notch and our three-onion soup with stilton croutons is a cheese-lover’s dream. Speaking of onions, you can’t go wrong with a French onion soup and our ultimate version is irresistible. And, of course, if you’re feeling in need of nourishment, chicken soup is the answer.

Want some more starter inspiration? Look no further than our 80+ ideas for the festive season.

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Celebrity chef Christmas recipes

Nigella Lawson’s pea and ham hock soup

Queen of Christmas Nigella Lawson shares a simple recipe for a satisfying, full-flavoured pea and ham soup made with ham hock stock.

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Christmas soups

Creamy turkey and leek soup with roast potato crisp

A sophisticated creamy turkey soup using Christmas leftovers. Crisp roast potato edges, leek and apple are used for a crunchy topping.

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Celeriac

Celeriac and brown butter soup with crispy kale

This luxurious celeriac soup sees the root vegetable bathed in brown butter, adding incredible depth of flavour and subtle sweetness.

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Turkey

Turkey pozole

This delicious version of pozole, a hearty Mexican soup, uses leftover turkey in place of the traditional pork, and is made with pozole corn.

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Christmas starters

Three-onion soup with stilton croutons

An updated version of a classic recipe, this three-onion soup with rich stilton croutons makes both a decadent and crowd-pleasing starter.

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Winter soups

Celeriac, bacon and barley soup

This winter's day celeriac soup by Georgina Hayden is filled with the comforting aromas of smoky bacon, sweet onions and rosemary. Make double and freeze.

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Healthy soups

Leek and potato soup

Make a big pot of this winter classic – leek and potato soup – and serve with fresh bread. Freeze half and enjoy the rest another day.

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Parsnips

Curried parsnip soup

If it's a spiced parsnip soup you're after, our curried parsnip soup is sure to deliver, made with storecupboard spices.

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Classic soups

Carrot and ginger soup

A light, flavoursome carrot soup that’s ideal for batch cooking – double the recipe, eat half now, then freeze the rest for later.

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Winter soups

Roasted cauliflower and stilton soup

A warming bowlful with the distinctive flavour of stilton. It's rich and hearty, easy to make and can be prepared ahead. Perfect for Christmas visitors.

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Nourishing winter

Truffled parsnip soup with hazelnuts and bacon

The humble parsnip is turned into an induglent creamy soup by adding the richness of truffle oil and the salty kick of bacon. It's a hearty winter warmer.

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Recipes that will make you excited for autumn

The ultimate French onion soup

Sometimes you just can't beat a classic French onion soup that is hearty, flavoursome and warms you up from the inside out. Here's our ultimate recipe.