Soup and toastie season is here

All the most comforting foods are either eaten with a spoon or laden with molten cheese. Complement the chilly air and darker evenings with these hearty soup recipes and extravagantly cheesy toasties – wonderful on their own but unbeatable when coupled up, because dunking’s not just for digestives. Welcome to soup and toastie season!

The next-level classic one

The next-level classic one

There’s a certain tomato soup that we all hold dear, and there’s no need to mess with perfection. But when you’re feeling that a little extra heartiness is in order, perhaps just a tingling of Middle-eastern spice, then our cherry tomato, butter bean & harissa soup should be your first port of call.

See our Cherry tomato soup

Recommended dunker: Roasted tomato & Highmoor cheese toastie

The creamy curried one

Food that tastes like it involves lots of double cream but is actually packed with veg is ideal for the winter months; you get both nutrition and comfort in every last drop. This roasted cauliflower & cashew soup involves warming spices to perk up the cauliflower base and comes with a scattering of cashews and croutons for crunch. 

See our Roasted cauliflower & cashew soup

Recommended dunker: Chilli cheese potato toastie

The extra wholesome one

Soft chunks of root veg, hearty greens, ancient grains; this recipe for Celeriac & spelt soup is basically edible cottagecore. Wear something hand-knitted while you slurp it near a steamed-up kitchen window. Or on the sofa watching Gogglebox, whatever floats your boat.

See our Celeriac & spelt soup

Recommended dunker: Bacon, blueberry and Brie toastie

The very-nearly-stew one

The very-nearly-stew one

Technically a soup but more easily recognisable as a hearty, Scandi-style dinner of fish, potatoes and veg, this caramelised cabbage and cod soup will simultaneously fill your belly and put you in the mood for a foreign-language crime drama.

See our Caramelised cabbage and cod soup

Recommended dunker: Triple-cheese inside-out toasties

The sunny, zesty one

Lemon doesn’t just add zing to carrots – it flips the whole flavour profile. This roasted parsnip and carrot soup with lemon pesto takes everyday ingredients and turns them into a vibrant bowlful that’s as welcome on a crisp, clear day as it is in full drizzle.

See our Roasted parnsip & carrot soup recipe

Recommended dunker: Gooey veg toasties

The sultry one

For some reason this recipe will make you want to listen to early Prince albums while you’re cooking. It could be the colour, it could be the velvet-smooth texture, or perhaps it’s just a good excuse. Either way, go with it, because roast beetroot, sweet potato & black garlic soup tastes even better served with a Little Red Corvette.

See our Roast beetroot soup

Recommended dunker: Fig and Gorgonzola toastie

The harvest festival one

The harvest festival one

Even just reading the recipe for sticky onion and porcini soup will flood you with nostalgia for playing conkers, throwing leaves and that primary school celebration where you made a sort of tinned food shrine out of food donations. Its sticky caramelised onions add to the sweetness of roasted butternut squash, with nutty barley providing the heft.

See our Sticky onion and porcini soup

Recommended dunker: Mushroom, cavolo and blue cheese toastie