Awesome soup #11 Onion and Pancetta Soup

Onion and Pancetta Soup

The weather was just lovely; very spring like Texas weather and so nice that our company for the day, Jo and Ruth were able to sit outside on our patio in the sun with us for a pre dinner drink. Maybe later in the year we can have soup day al fresco.

The soup ,Onion and Pancetta, turned out to be just great -a real keeper. Mike had made some adjustments as Pancetta was very difficult to find so inspired cook, he substituted back bacon instead. Add to that, lots of onions 

cumin,tomatoes, basil and parmesan cheese and you have a very tasty soup. This was a fairly thin, textured soup but it went so well with the bread. 

Both Ruth and Jo found it to be excellent and Mike gave it a 9 and I would have given it a 10 but I remembered ,we can't do that or we won't have excellence to aim for anymore. So I gave it a 9.5.

I made a French bread this week but it turned out that it had to be served country style as I had problems getting it out of the baking pan.Oops! However it tasted really scrumptious;crumbly with a brown,crispy crust , broken into bite-sized pieces and really didn't need any butter on it at all .It was a good compliment to the soup.

Mike again made the spinach salad to serve with it and that was just right as well.

Jo had brought a bottle of Argentinian wine to share, Colorez del Sol which was a smooth Malbec red wine and was just perfect.

We talked at some length about the flowers that Ruth had brought. She had manged to find the Alstromeria again but these were a lovely dark red and like the white ones that Roz had brought some weeks before, are supposed to last and last and last. We shall see. They are doing really well at the moment.

Both Jo & Ruth are excellent cooks so we heard about Ruth's boiled Scottish meal she prepares. Sound wonderful. Jo favors English recipes like roast beef and Yorkshire pudding and we already know her sausage rolls are a favorite with everyone.

So far no one has said they are coming next Wednesday to savor the “Soupe du Jour” so please don't be shy. It's an open invitation. Let us know and come on by. Bring a friend. It's always nice to meet new people.

We'll be glad you did. We love the company. It makes the day.