Soups

Explain the two soup categories. What types of soups are in each category? What is the difference between a puree soup and cream soup? What is the basis for all for all clear soups?

There are two basic categories of soups. These include clear soups and thick soups. Clear soups include flavored stocks, broths, and consommes. With stock or broth being the basic ingriedent for clear soups there are many ways to create a special broth to your liking. This includes boiling hot water with meats, vegetables, and spices. Unlike clear soups thick soups are more of a cream based product. Different soups you can make in this category includes bisque, chowders, and split pea soup. Pureed soup is a type of thick soup that is thickened by a starch such as a potato. Cream soup is another type of thickened soup that gets its consistency from different dairy products mixed with pureed products.