CREAMY SOUP BLUEPRINT (Make Pro Level Creamy Soup With Any Vegetable)
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-- BASIC BLUEPRINT FOR CREAMY SOUP --
1. SWEAT AROMATICS + GARLIC
▪300g or 3c aromatics (onion, leek, fennel, and/or celery - when in doubt, just use onion ), chopped
▪25g or 4-5cloves garlic, sliced
▪30-40g or 2-3Tbsp fat (olive oil or butter)
Preheat large, heavy bottomed pot over medium low. Add fat (olive oil or butter) then aromatics, garlic, and a pinch of salt and sweat for 15 minutes until translucent, not caramelized.
2. ADD STAR VEG +Add COOKING LIQUID
▪1200g or 8-9c of star veg, chopped (examples: butternut squash, asparagus, peas, celery root with potato, cauliflower, sweet corn)
▪1000g/32oz stock
▪500g/1pint heavy cream
Note: liquids should use a 2 to 1 stock to cream ratio
3. COOK STAR VEG UNTIL TENDER
Increase heat and bring to a simmer. When simmering, reduce heat to medium low to low, cover, and cook until veggies are tender (usually 25-30minutes)
4. PUREE VERY WELL
When veggies are tender, add to blender in batches and puree until smooth. If mixture becomes too thick to blend, add just enough additional stock or water to allow it to blend.
5. STRAIN THROUGH MESH
Pass the mixture through a fine mesh strainer, pressing through with ladle or spatula.
6. SEASON WITH SALT AND ACIDITY
Taste for seasoning then add a strong pinch or 2 of salt and a squeeze of lemon juice. Stir and taste again. Adjust seasoning accordingly.
Top with your favorite garnish. I like fried pumpkin seeds, pepper, and a drizzle of nice olive oil.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:20 The 6 steps in the blueprint
0:49 Butternut squash soup using the blueprint
5:25 Other star veg variations
5:54: Cometeer ad
6:56 Breaking down aromatics
8:49 Creamy Celery Root and Potato soup using the blueprint
10:52 Let’s eat this thing
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Do these cream soups freeze well? Thank you!
I have no idea how, but a bit of turmeric and or ginger in a butternut squash soup really makes it pop.
@BrianLagerstrom Do you recommend measuring the veggies by weight or by volume for different veggies?? -Thanks, used the recipe for sweet potatoes and it was great!!
don't show me how, tell me why.......thanks.
This is really one of your best videos. So educational. Discussing all the variants and the "why" rather than just listing ingredients and steps is the key to really teaching us to be chefs and not just line cooks. I hope you use this format again often.
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Couldn't agree more!
You're gonna LOVE J Kenji Lopez-Alt!
I think watching Kenji and Brian in conjunction with one another has taught me an incredible amount.
I absolutely love videos like this that give a sort of rough blueprint to great results - it still gives you everything you need to know, but leaves some room for experimentation and creativity and is super adaptable.
Side note, followed this pattern for the first time to do a pumpkin soup tonight, and it's spot on. Literally the best soup I've made myself, and the taste is absolutely on par with similar soups I've had at the restaurants I used to work in.
After watching several of your videos I have realized something outstanding about your presentation. You say a LOT. You speak a lot of words per minute and convey a lot of information; but you enunciate very well and never sound rushed or hurried. It is an excellent example of good time management. You pack maximum info into minimum time without ever sounding like you're forcing it or tripping over your words. That's not easy to do.
Plus, your recipes are awesome.
Well done.
Very good observation Christine and definitely an important aspect of what made Brian my favorite chef to watch and learn from. I am very happy this worked out for him when it wasn’t too long ago that he started filming the weeds and sardines videos.
I also like his speech rate, it's good at holding my attention. And I think he said something about being in the Midwest and so it's within familiar territory for me being in and from Milwaukee. Only we have that upper Midwest sound that I wish I could ditch, don't change know and ops.
I just found Brian. I often stop part way or skip ahead through cooking videos bc the chefs are so yappy - using so many words to impart a tiny amount of useful information. I appreciate this video.
he really does murder a rhyme one word at a time
💯💯💯💯couldn’t agree more!
I appreciate this format! Blueprint + variations. Feels like where your expertise shines and us regular home cooks can actually partake. 😝
Thanks!
I can't wait to give this a try! I'd love to see a whole blueprint series.
I made your tomato soup about a month ago, and my mom licked her bowl clean. Basically the highest food praise I've ever gotten from her. You can bet I'll be trying out this soup blueprint soon!
I used this method today for 50/50 creamer potatoes and leftover broccoli stem (since it seems like a shame to throw out perfectly edible vegetable bits just because they’re not the most appealing part.) it’s a fantastically easy method and the result was wonderful ☺️ rich, velvety and flavorful.
I gotta say that food content is mostly what I watch on YT. Your channel hits the sweet spot for me. Not a reach, not dumbed down. Excellent food I can make for my family and continue to grow as a home cook. This formula over recipe format is just fantastic. Now I’m excited for fall soups. Thank you, and keep It coming.
I really love this blueprint style video! I'll take 10 seasons of this series. Please and thank you 👌
Excellent recipe as always Brian. I've never been the best cook, but your tips are making me better every day. Made your chicken broth today. Greetings from Scotland! 🏴
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Every time I make one of your recipes ....I'm told I'm a STAR! I do give you credit, Brian and tell everyone who asks me about my cooking to check you out on CZcams! Least I can do to add to your subscribers!
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I LOVE blueprint recipes, they’re kind of a safe way to take the reins off my cooking, they build confidence and help me understand what I’m actually doing! I vote you do more if you wanna! Thanks Bri!
Another winner! Channels like this are replacing what the old food shows did for me (Jacques and Julia, Martin Yan, etc) where it’s mostly about the food and educational vs the reality drama of the chefs/not chefs. So appreciative of this content - and my kids love watching and cooking with “Mr. Brian.” #letseatthisthang
that's awesome to hear, Michael. thanks!
My parents came to me on Sunday. They brought fresh celery, potatoes, carrots, onions and other amazing self-grown vegetables, which tastes delicous. Thanks Brian to your video, I know what soup I'm going to do tomorrow. :D
Brian, thanks for the tip. We have made this twice, although we have improvised on the ingredients. However, we have done an excellent job of pureeing it into a smooth soup with a good stick blender. I agree that straining will give you a super restaurant-quality soup, but it's not needed for family or home use. (One secret is to do this hot. I also hold the blender in one hand and use a wooden spoon to keep the soup gently moving into the stick blender. This brings up any lumps. Just pay attention to not get close to the blender!)
Perfect! My favorite "acid" is apple cider vinegar. It brings all the acidity with a touch of sweetness that I love.
Keep it up Bri!
ACV is great
I really like this concept, I like all of your recipes but I do suit them to my taste. This video is true to your concept of making normal people cook pro meals.
Hey, What's Up🤞Just casually changing people's lives, that's what's up.
Had a quality squash from a local farm, so followed the method (didn't measure anything and went against the rules and used an immersion blender) and the soup was delightful. So glad I resisted the urge to add any extras like thyme, and just let the inherent squashiness of the squash do it's thing.
Excellent episode! Practical, appitizing and right in time for soup-season. Thank you :)
Okay, I made butternut squash soup tonight using Brian's blueprint, and I can't express how good it turned out! I subbed Coconut Cream for Heavy Cream because I can't have dairy, and I used homemade bone broth, and it's just unreal. The whole time, I'm checking my notes and the video saying "Where is the seasoning? Where is the flavor?" But with just a pinch of salt at the beginning and a few pinches at the end, and the lime (Had no lemon) the flavor was fantastic. I did add a little Za'tar and Szechuan Chili oil when served, but it was just lovely even before those additions.
Many thanks, Brian!
Loved this one! So exceptionally well explained - understanding those base principles for recipes is my favorite way of cooking, cause it's just so easy to do variants of it and tailor it to the available ingredients. Also enjoying your vid style, as always. 🍲
I'm at the stage in my home cooking where blueprint videos are what I really want. Thank you for this!!
Looks great! Yesterday I made pureed carrot/asparagus/potato soup, and while we all liked it I'll try this recipe following your steps.
Just made a cauliflower + potatoes potage this evening using this blueprint, and omg it is the best I ever made.
Thanks a lot for your advices, your humor, and the way you convey your love of bringing out the best possible flavors in your recipes.
I love the weeknight and fancy videos, but these are my favorite. A cooking concept conveyed well with lots of examples. Keep up the great work.
Great video. You make it look simple and easy to grasp for us homecooks. Thank you
Thanks so much for this video. I love that you shared the *method* for delicious soup and not just one recipe.
This kind of thing really sets your content apart from other channels. Please continue teaching us these lessons!
I love this video so much, it is so helpful! You are my favorite chef on CZcams ❤
Looks amazing! Thanks for the pro-level tips. Looking forward to trying. ☺️
Well done Bri. Love the scalability and ease of making wonderful dishes.
Yes, excellent. I make soups like this all the time. I really like your "blue print". Your way makes it much easier.
Best educational cooking channel on youtube. You are a great cook but an even better at teaching. Succingt and concise. You also often point out, what not to do, even showing what happens if things are done incorrectly.
Also so many hacks and pro tips
When Brian says to only fill your blender halfway, listen to that. I thought 3/4 would be fine...and ended up with a soup-splosion. It was funny, but there was soup on the walls, in my hair, on my clothes, all over my oven!
Soup was good. I did butternut squash with a base of fennel, garlic, chicken broth, and half & half.
Nice! And sorry! That’s kinda dangerous with mega hot soup. I hope you liked it
There are so many vegetables that, in my many decades of life, I haven't tried. I balk at even the thought. However, you have shown what may be when using those various vegetables. AND the nutritional value will be a great blessing.
I keep this in my favorites and go to it 4 to 5 times a year. Truly one of the best and most helpful videos you’ve created. Thanks for your content and for continuing to make us amateur cooks like All-Stars.
Thank you so much! I have tried a number of butternut squash soup recipes and they were all just ok. This recipe is so good and was really easy!
Canadian here! Not a 🍲 guy but I can enjoy it during cold weather 🥶
Cheers from San Diego California
This is basically exactly what I do for creamy veggie soups, but I add one more step in it - before adding any liquids I first fry all the veggies together - or at least the potatoes and squash. This adds a little bit better flavor in my opinion than just cooking it. Oh, and one more twist - adding one apple (sweet to medium sour) amplifies the taste to the sky! Great stuff, thanks Bri!
I never cared for soups all that much and basically made this recipe to clear out some space in my fridge thinking I'd give it away. After tasting it, absolutely no one is getting my soup. I literally used nothing but old ingredients that were at the use/toss them stage. Sweet potato, leek, shallot, garlic, veg stock, and some old coconut creamer. It's the best soup I ever made and looking back I accidentally made it vegan. Thanks a ton.
I really like this style of video. Very informative but kinda condensed too. helps my ADD. thanks Bri
Made a sweet potato version of this thing, measured stuff by eyeballing and it turned out great! Ty Bri!
Just found this video, and this has been extremely informative and helpful for me as a person who loves creamy soups as well as a chef. So knowing this blue print will definitely help me out when I try this out.
I made a cauliflower varient of this soup and it came out fantastic. I plan to try out other main ingredients as well. Thank you for not only the recipe but the teachings which will let me branch off and make many different variations of soups from this!
Yep, nailed it! I made the butternut squash version and wasn't sure about the lemon juice, but I loved it! Thanks for sharing.
Cream-based soups are IT, during the winter...I wold love to make one every single day. But I've never known how to really do it in a way that makes it tasty, and not too watery, not too soupy, but rich, and lovely. Thank you, for the tips.
I made my first pumpkin soup earlier. What I did was just boiled the pumpkin (~600g) and in another pan prepared the aromatics (4x rashers of bacon, 1 1/2 large onions). Then I put all those things through a food processor. Mix the pureed aromatics (if we can even call bacon an aromatic…) with the puréed pumpkin and bring back to the stovetop. Now I didn’t have any chicken stock, so I used a load of chicken stock granules and water. Just added water until it got to a nice consistency. Then added in 150ml of double cream (about double what the recipe called for but it was great anyway). Had that with some roast potatoes and streaky bacon. I think what could help is puréing all the solids before adding the liquid, so you can adjust the amount.
This is such a fantastic video! The "blueprint" is a game changer and I will be making regular use of it. The explanations of why some things work and why some others don't is so helpful. I remember things better when I know the why of them. Thanks much.
This is brilliant. It follows exactly what I do for my potato leek soup (except I use an immersion blender - sorry Bri) - This winter I'm going to go wild and try a mushroom, pumpkin, and a butternut squash version.
Honestly for me an immersion blender is the better way to go for soups. I generally prefer my soups to still have a little rustic chunkiness in them, just a little bit for my teeth to get into. If other people prefer their soups perfectly smooth, that's great, I'm not going to tell them they're wrong, but that's not my soup truth. I want some chunks and the immersion blender is definitely the best tool for achieving that.
OK, this video is GOLDEN! Just how cool is that, a blue print for any creamy soup, not yet another recipe that does stuff for some magical reason. Thanks for this Brian, I'll put this to good use this winter for sure.
made tonight - so good - Brian always delivers!
Thank you. I esecially like the final seasoning for the cream soups. Lemon is great.
Awesome. Love soups, stress and esp cream soups. Loved the nee ideas on aromatics.
Thank you 🎉. Love this blueprint 🎉
Carrot and parsnip for me. I just wish I could find really flavorful carrots somewhere.
I made your chicken pot pie last Sunday - its really extraordinarily good. My wife makes hers with cream of chicken soup, I believe. Not even close. Thank you!
This was awesome! Thank you!
This video really does something for you as a home chef. Kudos B-dog. Having this kind of base knowledge paired with seasonality really does allow you to really explode the whole soup scene. An awesome pairing to turn a soup into a full blown meal for any “soup is a starter only”-people is to add a protein with your soup. Ie. shellfish goes amazingly well with cauliflower, same with pork. Potatoes are amazing with bacon - same goes for pumpkin and other more “heavy” star vegs. Beans and lentils can be added for veggie options as well and finally chickpeas into a spicy tomato soup is also a great way to add some body to a soup dish. ❤
I just made the butternut squash version and added sage to the aromatics. Paired with smoked gouda grilled cheese - incredible. I didn't even bother straining and it was silky smooth. Highly recommend, and I'll be using this blueprint again!
Great video. Thanks for the knowledge base.
If you don't wanna use store bought stock or chicken buillon cubes which are filled with msg, just use water but add on spices and herbs. Trust me, you will not miss the stock and it will still taste good and it's better for your health. And if you don't wanna use dairy to thicken the soup, use potatoes or cashew cream ( presoaked cashews and water and blend till smooth).
Hey, this was so helpful and informative. I’d love to see more deeper recipes like this and its variations. Thank you so much and I love you bro
I cook mine in a very similar way, excluding the garlic and cream. The base is simply sweated translucent onion, the vegetable, and chicken stock, cooked until veg is tender. I puree this, pass it through the chinois fin, and the base is done.
When I'm ready to serve, I'll heat the base, add heavy cream, salt, white pepper, (and with Butternut Squash) a good pinch of nutmeg. Top this with some garlic croutons and it's to die for.
This base preparation can be used with most all veggies. I love Pumpkin soup. Heat the base & put it in a bowl. Top with whipped cream, seasoned with salt & white pepper. and sprinkle with fine cut chives.
The base can be frozen for later, and as long as you've got heavy cream on hand, soup for dinner is just 20 minutes away.
I love the technique videos you have! the most important part of cooking is technique and getting that down really helps hone in variations in recipes. Good looks, B-man!
How crazy good is this video, just in time I bought a new blender the other day! Thanks, mate!
Thanks! I made this and it was amazing. I don't know if I got lucky and the butternut squash was ripe or what but my result was really good. I am very appreciative that I get to add this to my collection of go-to recipes. I'm going to make it for Thanksgiving, Christmas and my Mom's birthday. That is how much I like this recipe. Thank you!
Thanks for showing us how to make restaurant quality food at home. That's what makes this channel better than the rest.
Solid video. Thanks Brian.
Wow thanks for an awesome video! I don’t normally like brothy soup so I am excited to try this technique.
GREAT PRESENTATION! THANK YOU.
I love this! I always look forward to your videos. There's no other online chef who I know without a doubt I'll like the recipe and learn something.
I'm definitely a fan of general 'blueprints' for cooking/ baking instead of just a rigid recipe. Gives much more flexibility
This is so helpful and inspiring, thank you!
Thank you. I really enjoy learning the "why" behind a recipe and techniques; as opposed to just the directions.
Made the butternut soup tonight and was amazing. Used my Braun immersion and no strainer. Silky smooth.
I needed this recipe set a month ago when I was prepping for 2 weeks of liquid diet for a surgery on my esophagus! I made several smooth, veggies soups- and they were okay, but now I see what I did wrong. Thanks for the tips... especially the ones about ratios, the right blender, and a good strainer. I will revist my soups again soon as fall is setting in here in the south. 🍁Thank you!🧡
Delicious as always 😋 Greetings from Scotland 😊Have a great day everyone 🌻
Hello from Colorado! Stay well 😁
Hey Bri- I just made this with sweet potatoes, and finished it with balsamic vinegar as the acid. Duuuuuude- this is amazing. Taking into consideration the amount of effort, pound for pound this is one of the best things I've ever made. Definitely gonna make this the next time we have company.
Thanks!!
I make a pumpkin soup every fall. I use leek, ginger as my aromatics. I like to garnish it with roasted salted pecans and brown butter. It's incredible.
I love these blueprints!!
One of my favorite of your semi recent videos! Please keep making ‘chef tips’ kind of videos!
Love your blueprint, Bri. Just this weekend, I made a butternut squash/carrot cream soup using a recipe similar to yours. Delish! Can’t wait to get creative with your blueprint. Thanks for yet another rock solid video and recipe. You truly are the best in the Tube!
This was amazing! Would love to see more videos like this
Thanks Brian, very useful, I will use these techniques. Play through.
My dream video! Thank you so much 🖤
It's so interesting to watch you cook. And it looks super easy with your explanation. Thanks a lot! I just started to learn cooking. This is very helpful.
Simple. Haven't had a breakdown like this before, which was both entertaining and enlightening.
Thanks 🙂
Boom 💥 that's awesome. I did the butternut with ginger and coconut milk. Wihaaa I'm in the food heaven 😋
Just got my new vitamix thanks to your video. Perfect timing for this. Can't wait to make soup!
I love the butternut squash soup. It's one of my favorites for the fall and winter months.
Your videos just keep getting better and better
Love this style of episode
Like the ‘blueprint’ concept brah. It teaches people to think, and not regurgitate a recipe if that makes sense. It took me a while to ‘think’ like a chef or pro home cook and get creative and brave enough to try soup variations or winging it with a pan sauce.
Cheers to promoting a bigger concept here, noticed and appreciated
Awesome video as always! Haircut’s looking sharp too!
Just made this tonight. It was fantastic! So velvety and rich and simple but nicely balance flavors. It truly tasted like luxury. I'm going to freeze most of it to serve for Thanksgiving dinner!
Looking forward to trying this
Literally exactly what I needed!
Loved this blueprint - I add a solid pinch of mace or nutmeg to my winter root soups it really enhances the flavour of the star vegetable
I'm a butternut addict. This soup I could take to a desert island and eat it for days. Yum.
I've been slowly realizing when I have a bunch of random ingredients I need to make food with that I have the basic steps for cooking without a recipe buried in my brain. Most of that has been from your well explained videos. This is great to have the formula written down and explicitly taught to have a better understanding next time this situation comes up in the kitchen.
This is my go-to creamy vegetable soup (making cauliflower right now with some really nice frozen that I found in my store)
I just make an extra addition when I'm feeling frisky, which is a couple of dl of white wine (1-1.5)
Delightful, and thank you B
killing it as always on the road to 1 million b-dawg! Keep it up bro can't wait to try this.
Awesome version