BBC Good Food

10 February 2008

Tested

"I am a huge fan of this website - and most of the dishes I've attempted, i've really loved ... I was looking forward to making this soup. However, I thought it tasted horrendous!! Yuk! ... and that was even after halving the amount of milk I was supposed to use ... I can only imagine using the portions the recipe suggests will result in a bowl of warm milk with a bit of tomato colouring! .... For me, personally, I think this could be a good recipe - but only when seriously modified ... I'm likely to try it again - with the a stronger tomato/basil base - and will add potatoes (which give a creamy consistency when blended) ... then i'll probably only add about a quarter of the milk or creme fraiche."

22 January 2008

Tested

"this dish tasted much better than it sounded to me! really nice combination of flavours. i used fromage frais instead of creme fraiche ..."

12 January 2008

Tested

"this soup is nutritious, extremely tasty and easy to make. however, i think someone has the quantity levels wrong somewhere! ... this recipe will serve at least double what it suggests (and there would probably still be some left over!) ... i thought i'd processed the veg too finely ... but probably a blessing giving how extremely thick the soup has turned out, anyway ... also, i had to extend the cooking time ... 10 mins just wasn't enough for the pasta to be cooked (on my cooker, at least) ...."

31 December 2007

Tested

"this is a nice simple-to-make soup ... however, i only used half of the suggested amount of blue cheese as i didn't want the broccoli taste overpowered by the cheese flavour."

30 December 2007

Tested

"i think this is a reasonably nice recipe - if you needed to rustle something up fast. i used passata and my own herbs etc instead of the shop-bought pasta sauce. i think i made it all a bit too tomatoey, though ....! not keen on using mascarpone cheese .... in the future, i would probably stick to mozarella and parmesan."