Celery soup is consistently underestimated. Most people think of celery as a supporting character — an aromatic background note in a soffritto or a casserole, …
Mary Berry Celery Soup Recipe
Warming soup and starter recipes from Mary Berry, ideal for a light lunch, a dinner party opener, or a comforting bowl on a cold day.
Find classic vegetable and chicken soups, creamy bisques, and simple starters like pâtés and tarts — all easy to prepare ahead of time.
These recipes are designed to set the tone for a meal without keeping you in the kitchen for hours.
Soups & starters
Mary Berry Minestrone Soup Recipe
Minestrone is not a fixed recipe — it is a principle. Seasonal vegetables, beans, pasta or rice, good stock, and Parmesan rind simmered in the …
Mary Berry Pea and Mint Soup Recipe
Pea and mint soup is the fastest properly good soup on this site. Twenty minutes from start to bowl, using ingredients that are available year-round …
Mary Berry Thai Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
There are days when I want something genuinely warming and fragrant but do not have the energy to make something elaborate. On those days I …
Mary Berry Asparagus Soup Recipe
Asparagus soup is one of those things I make for exactly six weeks every year and then do not make again until the following May. …
Mary Berry Watercress Soup Recipe
Watercress soup is the soup I make when I want something that looks like I spent all afternoon on it and actually took thirty minutes. …
Mary Berry Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
The butternut squash soup recipe elsewhere on this site covers the standard version comprehensively. This recipe is the specifically roasted version — written for those …
Mary Berry Broccoli and Stilton Soup Recipe
Broccoli and Stilton soup is one of the boldest and most satisfying soups in British cooking. The slight bitterness and earthiness of broccoli against the …
Mary Berry Cauliflower Soup Recipe
Cauliflower soup is consistently underestimated. People assume it will be bland, slightly watery, and uninteresting. A properly made cauliflower soup is none of those things …
Mary Berry Chicken and Vegetable Soup Recipe
Chicken and vegetable soup is the soup that takes care of people. When someone is tired, under the weather, or simply needs feeding properly — …