Soup Recipes

Butternut soup

(serves about 5)

Butternut : 4 cups cubed

Carrot : 1 cup cubed

Onion : 1 large - diced

Tomato : 2 medium sized - diced

Honey : 1 tablespoon

Butter (or oil) : 30 gram (2 level table spoons)

Fresh ginger : 1 teaspoon finely chopped

Spices (to taste) : ground nutmeg, ground cloves, ground cinnamon, caraway seeds

Sauté onion, chopped ginger & tomato in butter / oil.

(add the honey & a pinch of salt)

Add 3 cups water (less for a thicker soup).

Add all vegetables

Add salt to taste (approx. 1 ½ teaspoons)

Bring to the boil

Add spices

Turn down heat & simmer for about ½ hour until soft.

Liquidize to taste, but leave some chunky bits for texture.

Variation : Add sour cream or yogurt to taste (just before serving) for a

creamed version.

Geen pea soup

(from The Cranks Recipe Book)

(serves 4 to 6)

Green split peas 8 oz (225 g)

Water 1.2 litres

1 large onion

Butter or margarine 2 oz (50 g)

2 vegetable stock cubes

Salt & pepper to taste

Wash peas well, then soak them in the water overnight (Note: most split peas these days don't require this-check the packaging).

Chop the onion. Melt the butter and sauté onion until transparent.

Add stock cubes to peas and water. Bring to boil and stir until stock cubes dissolve, then simmer for 1 hour.

Season to taste.

If wished, blend soup before serving.

Note:

Emoyeni cooks allow 2 hours cooking time rather than 1, since peas are not pre-soaked.

I prefer to boil the peas separately at first, so that I can skim off the foam as it arises without removing any of the flavouring. When no more foam appears, add the sautéed onions and stock and turn down the heat to simmer for 2 hours.

We allow a 1/2 cup of (uncooked) peas per person, and don't worry to measure out exact quantities of water. Just add enough water that the soup is not sludge.

A nice variety is to add some soya milk.

BROCCOLI SOUP

¾ punnet Broccoli

1 litre Milk

1 pkt White Onion Soup

Grated cheese

Cut up ¾ punnet broccoli into pyrex dish

Add 10ml water and Microwave on High for 10 min

Grind finely in Foodprocessor

Pour 500ml water, 1 litre milk and 1 pkt White Onion soup into a pot and bring to boil

Add broccoli and simmer for 30 mins

Add black pepper and some grated cheese