The lovely ladies at FoodOppi share their recipe for Santa's Soup!
Ingredients
The lovely ladies at FoodOppi share their recipe for Santa's Soup!
- 2 sticks celery
- 1/2 leek
- 2 carrots
- 1 medium sweet potato
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 inch ginger
- 3 tablespoons rapeseed oil
- 600mls vegetable stock
- 500mls milk
- seasoning
Garnish
- Cooked alphabet pasta letters
- Christmas tree cheese triangles
Method
- Thinly slice the celery and leeks, then rinse under cold water to remove any dirt.
- Peel the carrots and sweet potato. Cut into small diced pieces.
- Peel and finely grate the garlic and ginger.
- In a large saucepan, heat the oil on a medium heat for 1 minute. Then add in the celery, leek, carrots and sweet potato. Cook for 5, stirring all the time.
- Next pour in the vegetable stock and milk. Then add in the garlic, ginger and seasoning.
- Allow to simmer for 20 -25 minutes until the vegetable are softened.
- Use a hand held liquidiser and blend until the soup is smooth. Arrange the cooked alphabet pasta letters on top.
Tip: This soup can be made 4 days in advance and freezes perfectly.
To serve: Make the soup extra creamy, serve with a triangle of laughing cow soft cheese.
Give it a festive Christmas look by grating a piece of raw broccoli and sprinkle it over the cheese. Then stick a bread stick or pretzel on the bottom for the cheese to make it look like a Christmas tree.
Recipe courtest of FoodOppi.
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