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Pumpkin soup
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 yellow onion diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
13 oz butternut pumpkin, peeled and diced
1 liter chicken stock
1. Heat oil in a hot saucepan, add onions and garlic
and sauté 5 minutes.
2. Add pumpkin and toss to coat with the onion
mixture, then add the stock and bring mixture to
the boil.
3. Reduce heat to simmer for 20 minutes and cook
with the lid on until the pumpkin is cooked.
4. Allow mixture to cool and transfer in batches to
blender jug.
5. Use Speed 5/Pureé, blend until smooth.
6. Return pureed soup to saucepan to heat through,
check seasoning before serving.
Sweet peppered tomato soup
1 tablespoon oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 leeks, sliced
2 x 13 oz canned tomatoes, mashed
2 teaspoons chicken stock powder
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 bay leaf
1
⁄4teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon chopped fresh mint
1 teaspoon chopped fresh coriander
1
⁄4teaspoon ground cloves
Pinch cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1. Heat oil in a large saucepan, add garlic and leeks,
cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until
leeks are soft.
2. Combine tomatoes, stock powder, tomato paste,
brown sugar, bay leaf,thyme, mint, coriander,
cloves and pepper.
3. Pour into pan with leek mixture, bring to boil,
then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered for
20 minutes or until liquid has reduced by
one third.
4. Allow the mixture to cool.
5. Transfer mixture into two batches into blender jug,
using Speed 5/Pureé, blend until smooth.
6. Ladle soup into serving bowls, sprinkle with
parsley and serve immediately.