Caesar Soup
Caesar salad does not belong to Roman History. But instead an Italian immigrant who’s out-fit was restaurants back in the mid 20’s. And if your guess is he had too much romaine in the garden. Or neither a smidge of veg in the fridge. You’d certainly be right!
Shopping List
Garlic: 2 cloves minced
Celery: ¼ cup minced
Chicken Stock: 2-3 cups
Romaine Heart: 2 cups chopped
Cilantro: ½ tsp/ 2 T fresh
Parmesan Cheese: ¼ cup grated
Bacon: 3 slices diced
Sour Cream: 2 T
White pepper: ½ tsp
Preparation Caesar Soup
First cook bacon until almost done. Next add garlic, onion, celery, and a splash of balsamic vinegar. Then cook on low until fragrant.
Next add 2-3 cups of chicken stock, romaine, and cilantro. Then season with salt and pepper to taste. Finally simmer on medium 2 minutes. Next remove from heat and cool. Reserve 2-3 T of mixture.
Then in a blender or food processor add the soup and blend until smooth. Next return to pot/ Dutch oven. And simmer on low until heated through. Add cheese and cream.
Then cook on for 15 minutes.
In the end ladle into small bowls. And garnish with tasty croutons. Then add a dash of mixture.
Caesar Notes
The Caesar salad made its way to a table due to a food shortage in the kitchen. Than to hide that fact. The chef prepared the salad table side with surprising results. And in the mid 40’s it was claimed “wowie cu-zowie good!”
And while today there’s no need to travel the world in search of a good Caesar salad. Certainly make it a point too try.
As for the soup—who said we can’t slurp the Caesar!
Because were turning this salad into a slurping good time. So, instead of chips. Serve up this wowie-cu-zowie soup at your next picnic or backyard BBQ. As a modest appetizer or a mere snack. Because soupy salads like these serve well slightly hot. Or casually cold.
And although a Caesar Soup is hard to find outside of the home kitchen. Frankly we’re hoping to change that.
Since a mere head rivals lessor to Romaine and butter. For being the lettuce of choice. Mostly because of their curiously high vitamin and minerals counts. Which appear to be the cream of this crop. Ideally, they also juice a bit better. Not to mention, wrapping, stir-frying, and BBQ-ing.