Winter Vegetable Soup

[Nick]

Winter Vegetable Soup

Serves: 4
Prep time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 30mins

Ingredients

25g butter
1 tbsp oil
1 onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 leeks, sliced
2 large carrots, sliced
2 sticks celery, sliced
200g potato, peeled and diced
100g swede, peeled and diced
pinch of freshly ground nutmeg
1 litre milk
200ml whipping cream
1 bunch chives, chopped


Method

Melt the butter and oil together, add the onion and cook over a low heat until soft.

Add the garlic, leek, carrot and celery to the pan and continue cooking for a further 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the potato and swede to the saucepan, season with nutmeg, salt and pepper and then add the milk.

Bring to the boil and simmer over a low heat for 15-20 minutes or until all the vegetables are tender.

Place the contents of the saucepan into a liquidiser and blend to a smooth purée.

Return to a clean pan and add the cream.

Bring to the boil, simmer and season with salt and pepper.

Sprinkle the chopped chives on top and serve.