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 :
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.
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 :
- Heat the butter gently in a large saucepan
- Add all the chopped vegetables and mix together with a wooden spoon
- Stir around to coat everything in the butter
- Sweat very gently for 10 minutes
- Add 1.5 litres of water.
- Add garlic, bouquet garni, tomato paste
- Don’t season
- Bring up to the boil and then simmer gently for about 20 minutes
- Check the level of water, the vegetables must freely float
- if not, add a bit of water.
- Check if the vegetables are tender.
- Take out the bouquet garni
- Liquidise or use a hand blender
- 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.