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 …
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 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 — …
Mary Berry French Onion Soup Recipe
French onion soup is the most satisfying thing patience can produce. Onions cooked slowly — genuinely slowly, forty-five minutes to an hour — until they …
Mary Berry Mushroom Soup Recipe
A great mushroom soup is one of the most deeply satisfying things a bowl can contain. Not the pale, slightly watery version that comes from …
Mary Berry Sweet Potato Soup Recipe
Sweet potato soup is one of the most naturally beautiful soups you can make — a vivid, deep orange colour that looks spectacular in a …
Mary Berry Parsnip Soup Recipe
Parsnip soup is the soup that wins over parsnip sceptics. The vegetable that divides opinion when roasted or boiled becomes something almost universally loved in …
Mary Berry Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
Chicken noodle soup has a reputation as the soup you make when someone is unwell — and that reputation is entirely deserved. A clear, golden, …
Mary Berry Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
Butternut squash soup is the soup that converts people who think they do not like soup. Velvety smooth, naturally sweet, warmly spiced, and a colour …
Mary Berry Celeriac Soup Recipe
Celeriac is one of those vegetables that looks completely uninviting and tastes completely wonderful. Knobbly, rough-skinned, and awkward to peel, it sits in the vegetable …
