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RECIPES
LEEK AND POTATO SOUP
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
40g butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 leeks, thinly sliced
750g potatoes, roughly chopped
1 litre chicken stock
Salt and white pepper
Chopped chives, to serve
METHOD
1. Heat butter and oil in a large saucepan,
add leeks and cook, stirring, for 3–4
minutes until softened. Add potatoes
and stock. Bring to the boil then reduce
heat and cook, covered, for about 20
minutes or until potatoes are soft.
Remove from heat and allow soup to
cool slightly.
2. Place stick mixer into saucepan and
blend until soup is smooth. Season
to taste.
3. Serve soup topped with fresh
chopped chives.
NOTE
If soup becomes too thick when
cooking or blending add a little extra
stock or water.
ROASTED MEDITERRANEAN SOUP
Serves 4–6
INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 red onions, quartered
5 cloves garlic
1 large fennel, cut into thin wedges
3 zucchinis, roughly chopped
2 red capsicum, quartered and seeded
2 green capsicum, quartered and seeded
1–2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 litre chicken or vegetable stock
2 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
1
⁄3 cup shredded fresh basil leaves
METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Place onions,
garlic, fennel, zucchini and capsicums
into a large baking dish; drizzle with oil
and season with salt and pepper. Bake
in oven for about 30 minutes or until
vegetables are tender.
2. Place vegetables into a saucepan with
stock and chopped tomatoes. Bring
mixture to the boil and cook for a 10
minutes. Allow mixture to cool slightly.
3. Place stick mixer into saucepan and
blend until soup is smooth. Season to
taste and stir through shredded basil.
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