Beetroot, Sweet Potato and Pumpkin Soup

This soup has a wonderful balance of flavours with the most important element being a beautiful home-made chicken stock. It is such a delightful colour and looks so much like tomato soup but has a very distinctive flavour of beetroot with a lovely sweetness.

2014-09-16 18.33.36 — A thick and delicious soup with a surprising flavour.

Ingredients:

Check the recipe-main meals section of the website for the chicken stock recipe.

2014-09-16 15.49.05 — 1 litre of home-made chicken stock, 2 small beetroot or 1 1/2 large, 1 medium sweet potato, 1 large brown onion, 1/2 teaspoon pink rock salt and 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper.

2014-09-16 17.05.22 — Just a small amount of pumpkin to thicken up the soup.

Method:

Prepare the vegetables by washing, peeling and chopping.

2014-09-16 15.56.37 — Add all ingredients except the stock, into a medium-sized saucepan with some olive oil.

2014-09-16 16.07.20 — Cook until the vegetables are starting to soften and stir the ingredients every few minutes.

Add the stock and put the lid on and let simmer for about 60 minutes.

2014-09-16 18.03.23 — When the vegetables are soft take off the stove and blend with a hand blender.

2014-09-16 18.04.24 — Blend well so that there are no lumps. Place back on the stove on a gentle simmer for approximately another 30 minutes. Check the seasoning and adjust as required.

This is a very thick and filling soup. It has the most delicious sweet flavour and the colour is enticing. The main tips for this soup are to brown the vegetables before you put the stock in, use a very good quality home-made stock and use fresh vegetables.