Courgette Soup with sour dough croutons and salad
Ingredients: (Serves 4 people)
- 500g of courgettes
- 2 medium sized potatoes
- ½ teaspoon of dried red chillies
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves Garlic
- Thumbnail of grated fresh ginger
- 1 Medium onion
- 1 organic veg stock cube
- 2-3 chopped spring onions
- Fresh parsley for soup and garnish
- Chopped up pieces of sour dough bread
- Olive oil, crushed garlic clove, salt & pepper
- 150g Salad Mix, 2 Spring onions chopped,
- Thinly sliced Beetroot and balsamic vinegar
- For the dressing; Olive oil, white wine vinegar, crushed clove of garlic, ½ tsp Dijon mustard, squeeze of lemon, some grated fresh ginger,salt & pepper to taste
Method.
- Turn on oven, heat to 180c
- Heat oil in a large saucepan
- Add dried chillies, onion, garlic, grated ginger. Sweat for a few minutes
- Add finely diced potatoes cook for another few minutes
- Add chopped courgettes and spring onion, cook for 5 minutes on medium heat
- Boil 200ml of water and add the veg stock cube until dissolved
- Cover the veg in stock add chopped fresh parsley, cover the saucepan and simmer on medium heat for 15 minutes-liquidise and leave on low heat until ready to serve
- Finely slice Beetroot, place on baking tray with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper-place on middle shelf of the oven for 10 minutes turn half way through.
- Chop up sour dough bread, cover in olive oil, crushed garlic, salt and pepper-rub all areas of bread in this mix-place on top shelf of oven for 5 minutes before ready to serve soup
For the salad
- Wash salad leaves and add chopped spring onions in a salad serving bowl, prepare the dressing of crushed garlic, salt and pepper, lemon and olive oil etc, add to salad once ready to serve-layer the cooked beetroot crisps on top just before serving
- Place the soup in a serving bowl, croutons, grated cheese and then a sprig of fresh parsley layered on top before serving. Cut some extra fresh sour dough to have on the side and serve with a side salad of beetroot crisps and salad leaves.
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