Walnut soup is a broth-based or cream-based soup prepared using as a main ingredient. It is sometimes prepared in combinations using other ingredients, such as "pumpkin and walnut soup". Walnut soup is a part of the cuisines of Chinese cuisine, Italian cuisine and Mexican cuisine.
Overview
Walnut soup is prepared using
as a primary ingredient. The soup can be prepared as a
broth-based or cream-based soup, and the latter can be referred to as "cream of walnut soup".
Fresh or canned shelled walnuts can be used, and the soup can include puréed, chopped and whole walnuts.
Toasted walnuts can be used to prepare the soup.
Walnut soup is sometimes prepared in combinations using other ingredients, such as "squash and walnut soup", "pumpkin and walnut soup" and "cucumber and walnut soup",
among others. Additional ingredients can include butter, oil,
walnut oil, lemon juice, seasonings, salt and pepper.
By country
Hup tul woo () is a sweet walnut soup in Cantonese cuisine that is often eaten as a snack or dessert.
Basic ingredients in
hup tul woo include water, walnuts, rice flour and sugar.
Additional ingredients used in its preparation can include cream, coconut milk, Chinese red dates, rice,
peen tong (Chinese brown candy), ginger, salt and cognac.
The walnuts for the soup are typically puréed or finely ground.
It can be served as a hot or cold soup.
Minestra di noci (English language: walnut soup) is a part of Italian cuisine, where it is prepared in the region of Piedmont, which has a significant number of walnut groves.
Sopa de nueces (English: walnut soup) is a soup in Mexican cuisine.
File:Hup Tul Woo - walnut dessert soup.jpg| Hup tul woo, a Chinese walnut soup
File:Hup Tul Woo.jpg|Close-up view of hup tul woo
File:Squash and walnut soup.jpg|Squash and walnut soup
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