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33 substantial soups for surviving winter (plus savoury scones for the side)

Hearty, chunky and filling soups are the secret to eating well, all winter long. Just add some crusty bread or savoury scones (recipe below) plus some veg or salad on the side, and you're set.

34 recipes
Serving suggestion: Chunky chicken and celeriac soup with garlicky grilled sourdough on the side.

Chunky chicken and celeriac soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Lamb shank and barley soup with lots of veggies

Lamb shank and barley soup with lots of vegies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
Roasted vegetable and lentil soup.
EASY

Roasted vegetable and lentil soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
French lentil and onion soup. Caroline Velik ONION recipes for Epicure and Good Living. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Food preparation and styling by Caroline Velik. Photographed July 30, 2012. The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald.
EASY

French lentil and onion soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Hearty ham, bean and red capsicum soup.
EASY

Ham, bean and capsicum soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Duncan Welgemoed
Prawn and tofu noodle soup
EASY

Prawn and tofu noodle soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
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Minestrone soup.
EASY

Minestrone soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Neil Perry's pea and ham soup.

Soup recipes: Pea and ham soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Pea and ham soup.

Pea and ham soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Parsnip and onion soup swirled with cream.
EASY

Parsnip and onion soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Parsley is non-negotiable in this chicken noodle soup.

Chicken noodle soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
soup

Beef and barley soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Kristy Komadina
Hetty McKinnon's vegan laksa.

Vegan laksa noodle soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Hetty McKinnon
Roasted root vegetable minestrone.

Winter minestrone soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Photo by William Meppem Styling & Food preparation by Hannah Meppem Adam Liaw recipe - Uncoventional Curries: Hokkaido Soup Curry

Hokkaido soup curry

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Arabella Forge's cold-busting chicken soup.

Cold-busting chicken soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Arabella Forge
Creamy cauliflower cheese soup pictured with pieces of parmesan and thyme monkey bread (see recipe below).
EASY

Cauliflower and cheese soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Roasted cauliflower and turmeric soup with yoghurt and poached egg.

Karen Martini's roasted cauliflower and turmeric soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Chorizo cabbage soup goes really well with our pita bread.
EASY

Chorizo cabbage soup recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Pick up a supermarket roast chicken for this spiced soup.
EASY

Ras el hanout, lentil and roast chicken soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Karen Martini's smoked ham hock and lentil soup.

Smoked ham hock and lentil soup with parsley and poached eggs

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Thick minestrone with parmesan croutons.
EASY

Thick minestrone with parmesan croutons

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
This simple chicken and vegie soup uses a whole chicken.
EASY

Whole chicken and vegetable soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Smoky tomato soup with shredded chicken, cavolo nero and cheese.

Smoky tomato, pearl barley and chicken soup with parmesan

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Hearty winter vegetable soup with borlotti beans and porcini mushrooms.
EASY

Fresh borlotti bean, winter vegetable and porcini soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew McConnell
Karen Martini's spring chicken, rice, lentil and spinach soup.
EASY

Spring chicken, rice, lentil and spinach soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Mexican style pork and chickpea soup

Neil Perry's Mexican pork and chickpea soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Minestrone with cheese-stuffed meatball.

Mozzarella meatball and minestrone soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Warm up with this homestyle barley broth with a lemony twist.

Braised lamb neck and barley broth

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Use any soup mix in this Sri Lankan-spiced soup.
EASY

Sri Lankan-spiced lentil and bean soup

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's minestrone with beans and chickpeas.
EASY

Minestrone soup with legumes and bacon

  • 1-2 hrs
Carb on carb: Creamy potato soup topped with roasties and porcini salt.
EASY

Loaded potato soup with roast potatoes and porcini salt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
At first bite of this wonderful soup, the flavours of gundi are reminiscent of falafel.

Four chicken soup recipes from around the world from The Chicken Soup Manifesto

  • Jenn Louis
Mix and match your cheeses in these cheesy scones.
EASY

Spiced red onion and cheese scones

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
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