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SOUPE 5

This is a simple, gorgeous winter soup with basic veg from the fridge .

Serve 6 people

Ingredients :

1 onion, peeled and  roughly chopped
3 big potatoes peeled and roughly chopped
3 carrots peeled and roughly chopped
2 medium turnips peeled and chopped
2 small/medium leeks clean and chopped.
30g butter
Bouquet garni
Salt and pepper
1 garlic clove peeled and chopped
Water
2 teaspoons of tomato paste.
You can add half of vegetable stock cube, preferably organic, to the water.


Method :
  1. Heat the butter gently in a large saucepan
  2. Add  all the chopped vegetables and mix together with a wooden spoon
  3. Stir around to coat everything in the butter, 
  4. Sweat very gently for 10 minutes
  5. Add 1 or 2 litres of water.
  6. Add Garlic, bouquet garni, tomato paste
  7. Don’t season
  8. Bring up to the boil and then simmer gently for about 20 minutes
  9. Check the level of water, the vegetables must freely float, 
  10. if not add a bit of water.
  11. Check if the vegetables are tender.
  12. Take out the bouquet garni
  13. Liquidise or use a hand blender 
  14. Add the pepper (the salt will be added individually when the soup is served into serving bowls)


If you like your soup a little less puree, you can take out half of the vegetable before liquidise them, than stir it back into the pan.