Description
Serve a big bowl of curried swede soup with cheese toasties for the ultimate comfort food dish. It's a great meal for the winter months.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 30g butter
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 celery sticks, finely chopped
- 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and finely grated
- 1 large garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tbsp medium curry powder
- 800g swede, peeled and chopped into 3cm pieces
- 1.8 litre vegetable or chicken stock
- 50ml double cream
- yogurt and chilli flakes, to serve
Instructions
Heat the oil and butter in a large saucepan or flameproof casserole dish over a medium heat, and fry the onion, celery and a large pinch of salt for 10 mins until the veg is soft and starting to caramelise. Stir in the ginger and garlic and cook for 1 min more. Add the cumin, ground coriander, turmeric and curry powder. Fry for 1 min more. Stir in the swede and stock. Bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer for 1 hr 15 mins more until the swede is soft. Season. Blitz using a hand blender until smooth. Stir in the cream.