Recipes
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Tomato and Courgette Soup
Perfect after the plot on a cold day!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp of butter but I use fry light.
- 2 onions chopped
- 1kg of courgettes sliced
- 1 kg of tomatoes the recipe does not say skinned but I do!
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 2 litre of chicken or vegetable stock, I use one of each
- 2tbsp plain flour (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste.
Please note that our recipes are an approximate guideline - Quantities along with ingredients are totally adaptable to suit personal taste, consistency and density as well as portion sizes.
Method
Put butter or fry light in pan add onions and courgettes, cook for 5 mins.
Add Tom and cook for a few minutes.
Add turmeric and stick plus the salt and pepper to taste.
Cover and simmer till courgettes etc are soft.
Blitz with hand blender.
Enjoy, just had mine for lunch with crusty bread.
Recipe from Jacqueline Callard
