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Gordon Ramsay’s white bean soup is a silky, velvety purée of haricot beans finished with double cream and cold butter, topped with sautéed tiger prawns and chives. He calls it terre et mer: land and sea in one bowl. It serves 4 and the beans need soaking overnight. This is his Haricot Soup with Tiger …

Gordon Ramsay’s seafood bisque is a proper crowd-feeder, made with mussels, monkfish and red mullet in a rich saffron and cayenne broth, deglazed with brandy, reduced with white wine and strained silky smooth. It serves 10 and comes from the Cooking for a Crowd chapter of Make It Easy. This is his actual published bisque, …

Gordon Ramsay’s lobster bisque is rich, silky and deeply savoury, built by simmering lobster shells with fennel, star anise, saffron and cayenne, deglazed with brandy and white wine, then blended and strained through a fine chinois until completely smooth. The lobster meat goes in at the very end so it stays tender. Serves 4, about …

Gordon Ramsay’s minestrone soup is a fast, chunky Italian vegetable soup with potato, carrot, savoy cabbage, broken spaghetti and Parmesan, ready in under 25 minutes. It’s one of the simplest recipes in his collection and everything cooks in a single pan. This is his Quick Minestrone from Gordon Ramsay’s Fast Food, and the same principles …

Gordon Ramsay’s sweetcorn soup is chunky, smoky and warming, made with smoked streaky bacon, creamed corn, whole sweet corn kernels, potatoes and leek, simmered in chicken stock and milk for 15 minutes. It serves 4 to 6 and he calls it his ultimate 50p lunch. This is his Smoky Bacon, Sweetcorn and Potato Soup from …

Gordon Ramsay’s mushroom soup is earthy, rich and silky, made with chestnut mushrooms and dried porcini cooked until the pan is completely dry, then blended with crème fraîche and a knob of cold butter for that restaurant-smooth finish. It takes about 40 minutes and serves 4. I built this recipe from how Ramsay handles mushrooms …

Gordon Ramsay’s butternut squash soup is spiced, warming and thick with red lentils, made with 1kg of squash, coconut cream, cumin, ginger, chilli and curry leaves, blended smooth and ready in about 30 minutes. It’s a proper meal in a bowl, not a light starter. This is his Spiced Squash and Lentil Soup from Quick …

Gordon Ramsay’s pumpkin soup is smooth, velvety and rich, made by roasting a whole pumpkin with garlic and rosemary until the flesh caramelises, then blending it with Parmesan, cream and a knob of butter. Topped with sautéed wild mushrooms and Parmesan shavings, it serves 6 in about 90 minutes. This is from his Ultimate Cookery …

Gordon Ramsay’s chicken noodle soup is aromatic, clean and deeply savoury, built on a broth of poached chicken thighs, dried shiitake mushrooms, ginger, star anise and Shaoxing rice wine, ready in about 25 minutes. The noodles hold their bite because they never touch the broth pot. This is his Chicken and Shiitake Noodle Soup from …

Gordon Ramsay’s tomato soup is 1.5kg of ripe tomatoes seared with red onion and cayenne, then roasted until the edges char. It gets blended with stock, cream and a sundried tomato pesto. The recipe comes from Ultimate Home Cooking, serves four and takes 50 minutes. The book calls it Creamy Tomato Soup with Sundried Tomato …