This is the soup I make when I want something that looks as beautiful as it tastes. The colour alone — a deep, vivid orange-red …
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 Parsnip and Apple Soup Recipe
Parsnip soup is one of my favourite soups of the entire year — velvety, naturally sweet, warmly spiced, and completely satisfying in a way that …
Mary Berry Orange Sauce for Duck Recipe
Duck à l’orange — roast duck with orange sauce — is one of the great French classics, the dish that most people associate with a …
Mary Berry Celery Soup Recipe
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 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 …
