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Category : Soup

Corn and potato Chowder

Corn and potato Chowder

Quick, delicious and very simple to make this hearty chowder is perfect for a winters evening.  Not adding all the corn until after it has ben blended means you get a sweet pop every now and again and as it’s thickened by the potoatoe it’s gluten free. Extra virgin olive oil 1 onion diced 1 [...]

Gazpacho

Gazpacho

Gazpacho is a classic summer dish originating from Andalucía in Southern Spain.  A peasant dish made with basic ingredients it is best made in the height of summer when the main ingredients are at their ripest and most flavoursome.  Served chilled it is a refreshing dish on a hot summer evening. 100g slightly stale crusty [...]

Bottom of the Veg Drawer Soup

Bottom of the Veg Drawer Soup

Towards the end of the week the vegetable compartment of my fridge resembles the trodden remnants and sweepings which litter a market stall at day’s end.  Stalks of limp celery, soft carrots, forgotten bits of onion which almost made it into a weekday dish co-mingle wait for their coup de grace.  Broccoli is there too [...]

Leek and Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

Leek and Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

Here is a twist on leek and potato soup using Jerusalem artichokes.  This recipe is both gluten free and vegan and perfect for a cold winter’s night.  Look out for Jerusalem Artichokes at your farmers market in winter.  These knobbly tubers, which look a lot like large root ginger, make a wonderful mash or in [...]

Roasted Garlic & Butter Bean Soup

Roasted Garlic & Butter Bean Soup

This is a wonderful soup from Allison Pirrie-Mawer (www.peasepudding.wordpress.com) Packed full of garlic it is sure to ward off any winter ills. 800g tinned broad beans 20 cloves of roasted garlic 2 cups vegetable stock 1-2 cups milk Zest of 1/2 lemon Salt & pepper to season Sweet Paprika & a good quality olive oil [...]

Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

Jerusalem artichokes are in fact no realtion to the artichoke.  Originally from North America the Jerusalem Artichoke, or Sunchoke, is related to the daisy and sunflower with a yellow daisy like flower of it’s own.  The edible part, the root, is a brown knobbly tuber with a white flesh.  It looks like root ginger but is [...]

Chestnut & Bacon Soup

Chestnut & Bacon Soup

Ingredients Olive oil 1/2 an onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves 2 rashers of rindless bacon, chopped 1 stalk of cellery, chopped 2 cups of  peeled chestnuts* 3-4 cups chicken or vegetable stock salt and pepper Bay leaf In a little olive oil sweat off the onion, garlic, bacon and cellery.  After about 5 minutes add in the [...]

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