Summer soup recipes

Soups: not just for winter. Make the most of all the glorious seasonal produce around with our summer soup recipes.

These summertime bowlfuls include classics like fresh tomato soup and sweetcorn chowder. Celebrate your hard work in the veg plot by making Gill Meller’s summer greens soup, packed with herbs, fennel and broad beans.

Cool down on a hot day with a chilled soup. The Spanish are masters of the art, of course. We’ve got  recipes for classic gazpacho and ajo blanco, plus some fun twists like José Pizzaro’s strawberry gazpacho.

Sun refusing to come out from behind the clouds? Spend a rainy afternoon batch cooking soups and broths made with seasonal veg, then stash them in the freezer. Whatever the weather, there’s a summer soup recipe to fit the bill.