Roasted Eggplant (Aubergine) Soup

From: Krislady

On Mar 30, 2008

I enjoyed this soup very much. I'm a huge fan of eggplant, though DH won't touch it, so I made this for lunches for me. I roasted the eggplant and the onion, used a quart of home canned tomatoes, and some roasted garlic I had on hand and used about ½ cup of half and half instead of the heavy cream. Then I froze in individual portions to be heated at work. Perfect! I pack the frozen soup and a separate small container of feta cheese (absolutely necessary!) and, by lunch time, the soup just needs to be microwaved and topped with the cheese - a perfect light, flavorful lunch! The recipe made about 4 hearty servings (about 2 cups each).

From: Sadieveggirl

On Mar 4, 2008

This exceeded all my expectations. I followed recipe exactly except that I omitted the cream. I think the great flavor owes a lot to roasting the veggies long enough. It was great with olive focaccia bread from epicurious.com, http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/14258?recipename=OLIVE%20FOCACCIA%20DOUGH&saved_to_box=y yum and thanks.

From: s'kat

On Jan 5, 2002

Wow, what a wonderful and different soup! I added a bit of potato and zucchini to the recipe, and processed only about 3/4 of it in blender, to maintain texture. I omitted the cream, but added a hearty splash of white wine to simmer until dinner was ready. My fiancee said, "wow, this kinda reminds me of french onion... except, ya know, it's different!" hehehe! THIS WAS INCREDIBLE!!! Thank you for such a yummy new soup! [ps- this goes fantastically with the aloo paratha (indian potato-stuffed flatbreads) that i also posted.]

From: Judikins

On Aug 24, 2004

Just one more WOW review! If you haven't tried this soup, you don't know what your're missing. It it just GREAT and easier than it sounds. I made it per instructions only added some oregano and substituted grated fresh parmesan for the goat cheese. Served it to friends (4 total) and finished the batch. Also had Artisan garlic/parmensan warmed bread, Pinot Gris wine and those great Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies with French Vanilla ice cream. Our guests went away with the recipes and big satisfying grins on their faces. I love to please my guests .....thanks Dave! This will be made again in this household and probably many more!