Japan · Hearty & chunky
Kenchinjiru (temple-style vegetable soup)
Root vegetables, shiitake and torn tofu fried in sesame oil, then simmered in kombu-shiitake dashi and seasoned with soy. A clear, savoury soup with no meat or fish at all.
3 hr 55 minEasyVeganDairy-free
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India · Clear & light
Tomato rasam
A thin, sour, peppery South Indian soup of tamarind and tomato, seasoned with freshly ground spices and finished with a sizzling tadka of mustard seed, cumin and curry leaves.
30 minEasyVeganGluten-freeDairy-free
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Italy · Hearty & chunky
Ribollita (Tuscan bean and bread soup)
A thick Tuscan soup of cannellini beans, cavolo nero and stale bread, made one day and reboiled the next. Finished at the table with a generous pour of olive oil.
20 hrTakes some careVeganDairy-free
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Spain · Chilled
Andalusian gazpacho
The cold soup of southern Spain. Ripe tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper and garlic blended with bread, sherry vinegar and olive oil until silky, then chilled until icy.
4 hr 30 minEasyVeganDairy-free
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Cuba · Hearty & chunky
Sopa de frijoles negros (Cuban black bean soup)
Dried black beans simmered until creamy, a slow olive-oil sofrito with cumin and oregano, a splash of vinegar and sherry, part puréed. Vegan as written, and better the next day.
10 hr 30 minEasyVeganGluten-freeDairy-free
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