Christmas soups from around the world
Long before the turkey and the pudding, many families sit down to a bowl of soup. Across Europe the Christmas Eve supper often starts with a meatless soup of mushrooms, sauerkraut or fish, Christmas Day brings golden broths with the year's finest pasta, and further afield there are feast pots from Belize to Manado. Here are the Christmas soups of the SoupWiki archive.
Christmas Eve7 soups
Soups for the night before, many of them meatless by tradition.
Polish Mushroom Soup
Poland6.8A clear wild mushroom soup is one of the twelve dishes of Wigilia, Poland's Christmas Eve supper.
Read about Polish Mushroom Soup →Kapustnica
Slovakia7.2Smoky sauerkraut soup with sausage and dried mushrooms, the centrepiece of the Slovak Christmas Eve dinner.
Read about Kapustnica →Fisherman's Soup
Hungary3.4Hungary's fiery red paprika fish soup is a traditional Christmas Eve dish in many homes.
Read about Fisherman's Soup →Bob Chorba
Bulgaria6.7Bulgaria's bean soup: its meatless version is eaten on Christmas Eve, a fasting meal in Orthodox tradition.
Read about Bob Chorba →Kapusniak
Ukraine7.1A meatless sauerkraut and mushroom version of this Ukrainian soup is prepared for the Christmas Eve fast.
Read about Kapusniak →Sopa de Lacassá
Macau3.9With no meat in it, this Macanese shrimp and vermicelli soup was traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve.
Read about Sopa de Lacassá →Oyster Stew
United States2.8Oysters warmed in milk, cream and butter: a Christmas Eve tradition in the American South.
Read about Oyster Stew →
Christmas Day broths5 soups
Clear, golden and made for the big family table.
Escudella
Spain7.6Escudella de Nadal, with giant pasta shells called galets, is a Catalan Christmas Day tradition.
Read about Escudella →Tortellini in Brodo
Italy7.0Bologna's festive soup of tiny filled pasta in golden broth, eaten above all at Christmas.
Read about Tortellini in Brodo →Passatelli in Brodo
Italy6.2Breadcrumb and Parmigiano noodles from Romagna, especially served at Christmas in a capon or hen broth.
Read about Passatelli in Brodo →Danish Chicken Soup with Dumplings
Denmark6.8Denmark's chicken soup with two kinds of dumplings, often cooked at birthdays and Christmas.
Read about Danish Chicken Soup with Dumplings →Sopa de Cuarto de Hora
Spain3.9A quick Andalusian seafood soup and a common first course at Christmas dinners in southern Spain.
Read about Sopa de Cuarto de Hora →
Christmas feasts around the world4 soups
Big pots for big gatherings, far from the snow.
Guyanese Pepperpot
Guyana7.1Guyana's dark cassareep pot is the traditional Christmas morning breakfast, and Boxing Day's too.
Read about Guyanese Pepperpot →Chirmole
Belize7.3Belize's black dinner is a favourite for Christmas and other celebrations, made in large pots for the family.
Read about Chirmole →Ofe Onugbu
Nigeria2.6Igbo bitterleaf soup is a feast soup, often cooked for weddings and Christmas.
Read about Ofe Onugbu →Brenebon
Indonesia6.7In Manado and Minahasa this kidney bean soup is a family favourite for Christmas and New Year.
Read about Brenebon →
After the feast2 soups
For the days when the fridge is full and the stomach needs a rest.
Broccoli and Stilton Soup
United Kingdom5.0A favourite way to use up the leftover Stilton after Christmas.
Read about Broccoli and Stilton Soup →Porrusalda
Spain3.3Many Basques make this humble leek soup to rest the stomach after the rich feasts of Christmas and New Year.
Read about Porrusalda →
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