Make some soup to warm the heart this winter

“When the temperature dips 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 Meadowdale public relations officer Chantelle du Plessis.

To make your own, why not try Luci Hirsch’s curried butternut soup from her Mum’s On The Run recipe book?

“This is an extremely healthy and mouth-watering dish for the whole family.

“Butternut contains a good source of fibre, potassium and several other key nutrients,” said Chantelle.

This dish serves six to eight people.

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Ingredients:
• 500g butternut, peeled, cubed and pips removed
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 30ml cooking oil
• 3ml curry powder
• 2cm piece fresh ginger root, peeled and chopped
• 625ml vegetable or chicken stock
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 125ml cream

Method:
• In a large saucepan, combine butternut cubes, chopped onion and oil. Sauté for five minutes, add in curry powder and ginger root; cook a further three 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.
Variations:
• Add one or two peeled, chopped, Granny Smith apples to the recipe in step one.
• Omit the curry powder and ginger; add in 3ml ground nutmeg and 2ml 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 to 40 minutes until tender. This will develop the flavour, then add the stock and process as above.

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