When the temperatures dip outside, it necessitates warmth inside.
We don’t just mean turning the thermostat up. No, we are talking delicious curried butternut soup for the soul.
“There’s something extremely comforting about curling up on a freezing winter day with a hot bowl of steamy soup,” said Hirsch’s PRO Chantelle du Plessis.
Try Luci Hirsch’s curried butternut soup from her Mum’s On The Run cookbook.
This is an extremely healthy and mouth-watering dish for the whole family.
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Butternut contains a good source of fiber, potassium, and several other key nutrients.
A food processer would come in handy when putting together this dish and will make your prep experience easier and more enjoyable,
This dish serves six to eight people and is ideal for the family this winter.
Ingredients:
- 500 g butternut, peeled, cubed, and pips removed
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 30 ml cooking oil
- 3 ml curry powder
- 2 cm piece fresh ginger root, peeled and chopped
- 625 ml vegetable or chicken stock
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 125 ml cream
Method:
- In a large saucepan, combine butternut cubes, chopped onion and oil. Sauté for 5 minutes, add in curry powder and ginger root; cook a further 3 minutes.
- Add in vegetable or chicken stock. Simmer gently for approximately 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Using a plunge blender, process the soup until smooth.
- Check seasoning, and add in cream.
- Chill before serving cold; or return soup to the saucepan to reheat gently, and serve hot.
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Variations:
• Add one or two peeled, chopped, Granny Smith apples to the recipe in step 1.
• Omit the curry powder and ginger; add in 3 ml ground nutmeg, and 2 ml ground cinnamon for a more subtle flavour.
Tip:
• Roast butternut, onion, oil, curry powder and ginger root together at 180ºC/160ºC fan/Gas mark 4, for 35 – 40 minutes until tender. This will develop the flavour; then add the stock and process as above.
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