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SOUPE 7

This is a lovely soup, simple and traditional.
for 6 people

Ingredients:

2 medium onions, peeled and roughly chopped
3 big potatoes peeled and roughly chopped
3 carrots peeled and roughly chopped
2 medium turnip peeled and chopped
2 small/medium leeks clean and chopped
2 zucchinis peeled and sliced
3 tomatoes, quarter the tomatoes, removing any stalks
30g butter
Bouquet garni
Salt and Pepper
Water



Methods :

  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 1.5 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 creamy, you can take out half of it before liquidise it, than stir it back into the pan.
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