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Ukha with salmon, potato and carrot — Russia recipe

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Ukha

Ukha is Russia's clear fish soup, classically simmered from whole river fish such as pike-perch, perch, or pike into a light, delicate stock. This version uses salmon or trout instead, which gives a richer broth and is far easier to find than a mixed river catch. By tradition, cooks finish it with a splash of vodka, believed to round out the fish aroma — though the broth's real clarity comes from a slow simmer and careful skimming, not the vodka.

70 min250 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free

Vegan Chili with kidney beans, black beans and chipotle — USA recipe

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Vegan Chili

Three kinds of beans and a rich, dark, smoky tomato-based sauce built on chipotle peppers, bloomed spices, and a small amount of cocoa powder. This is the version of vegan chili that wins cook-offs. The cocoa sounds unusual until you taste what it does — it deepens the existing flavors without adding any sweetness or chocolate flavor, the same way it works in a mole. The chipotle gives smoke. The long simmer gives body. A splash of apple cider vinegar at the end lifts everything. Make it the day before if you can.

55 min390 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free

Vichyssoise (Cold Leek and Potato Cream Soup) with leeks, potatoes and heavy cream — France recipe

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Vichyssoise (Cold Leek and Potato Cream Soup)

Vichyssoise is a cold, velvety cream soup of leeks, potatoes, and cream, served ice-cold and garnished with chopped chives. It is essentially a chilled, cream-enriched version of the French classic potage parmentier (leek and potato soup). The paradox of its origin: despite the French name and French roots, the cold version was created in America. Vichyssoise was invented in 1917 by French chef Louis Diat for the guests of the Ritz-Carlton in New York. Diat drew on the leek and potato soup his mother and grandmother had made near the town of Vichy, a spa town in central France; as a boy he and his brother would cool the hot soup with cold milk. Building a summer menu, he recreated that memory, enriched it with cream, served it ice-cold, and named it creme vichyssoise glacee. It became his most famous dish, mentioned even in his 1957 New York Times obituary, and was Julia Child's favorite soup. Two things define quality: a pale, ivory color and a silky texture. The leeks are sweated, never browned, so the soup stays cream-white; only the white and pale-green parts are used; starchy potatoes give creaminess without any flour; and the soup is puréed until silky, classically passed through a fine sieve. Because cold dulls the palate, vichyssoise must be seasoned boldly. Serve it well chilled after at least four hours in the fridge, with chives on top. About 45 minutes of active work, then chilling.

45 min320 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

White Chicken Chili with chicken breast, great northern beans and green chiles — USA recipe

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White Chicken Chili

White chicken chili is the pale, creamy answer to the red beef kind — shredded chicken and white beans in a broth built on green chiles, cumin, and oregano, thickened by pureeing part of the beans rather than by flour. Cream cheese stirred in at the end makes it velvety without turning it into soup-with-cream. It's mild enough for a weeknight, and the bowl gets finished at the table with lime, coriander, and a handful of grated cheese.

55 min480 kcal6 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Zhur with rye sour starter, smoked pork ribs and dried marjoram — Belarus recipe

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Zhur

A traditional Belarusian sour soup whose tang comes from fermented rye (or oat) flour rather than vinegar. The starter is cooked with smoked pork, potatoes, root vegetables, and marjoram, then served with a hard-boiled egg and sour cream.

50 min320 kcal6 serves

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