I think one of the best things about soup is that simple ingredients produce flavours that normally exceed your expectations. For example tonight I made Butternut Squash & Rosemary soup:
Serves 4
1 Butternut Squash
Few sprigs Rosemary
150g well rinsed red lentils
1 onion, finely chopped
1 1/2 Pint Vegetable Stock
salt & pepper
Set oven to 200 °c
Halve squash - scoop out the seeds & fibrous flesh, then cut squash into large chunks
Put squash pieces on baking tray, season with salt & pepper and sprinkle with rosemary
Cook for 45 minutes
Whilst the squash is in the oven -
Rinse lentils well then put in a pan & cover with water - boil rapidly for 10 mins. Drain well
Wash out pan & then put lentils back in with the chopped onion and vegetable stock
Simmer for 5 minutes
When squash is cooked, carefully scoop out the flesh & mash with a fork.
Add squash to soup & simmer for 25 minutes
Serve with crusty bread.
Since we have been back from Scotland I've made soup at least four times & I've made enough to take for a lunch. We bought some cheap flasks from Tesco & so far they work very well. I may even invest in something a little more substantial as 'real soup' makes such a difference to a 'cup-a-soup' which is what I have resorted to in the past.
I'll post some more recipes soon, but so far we have tried & thoroughly enjoyed the Yellow Split Pea soup and Fennel & Lemon soup.
I also have quite a few parsnips in the cupboard which I need to use up, so if you have any good parsnip soup ideas let me know!
2 comments:
I like the sound of yellow split pea soup - you can't beat the unctuousness of peas/lentils in soup.
Last week i made a variation of the butternut squash soup cooked simply wth fresh sage, red pepper and fennel - it had an evocative thai flavour.
There is a classic parsnip soup - Jane Grigson's Curried Parsnip, with parsnip, garlic and onions sweated gently in butter with addition of a little curry powder, simmered in stock, finished with a cream and chives. It is the epitome of comfort.
Sounds like rib-sticking stuff. Yum. :)
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