Total DeliciousNess

Today was such a horrible day, weather wise anyway. Really dreich, as they would say back home.  The only thing for it was to make a stew or soup. As I hadn’t taken the beef out of the freezer to defrost, soup it was.

I tend to make soups out of whatever I have in the fridge or cupboards. Today, I had some chorizo and sweet potato and here is the recipe I came up with.

Ingredients:

• 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled & diced
• 1 ring of chorizo, sliced
• 2 carrots, peeled & sliced
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic, grated or crushed
• 1 parsnip,peeled & sliced (not essential, I just had one that needed used)
• 2 handfuls red lentils
• 2 litres (or thereabouts) or chicken/vegetable stock

Method:

1. Put your chopped onion, garlic, carrots, parsnips & sweet potatoes into a large pot with some olive oil over a medium heat
2. Cook for around 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until the onions are soft
3. Add the chorizo and cook for a further 5 minutes
4. Add the lentils and the stock and give a good stir. Season with salt and pepper
5. Simmer over a low heat for 20-25 minutes
6. Take off the heat and blend with a hand blender in the pot. If you don’t have a hand blender then let the mixture cool a bit and blend in a food processor
7. You have your soup!

I think that this would taste nice with some finely chopped chilli ir chilli flakes in it and a dollop of creme fraiche. I may try this tomorrow but was making it child friendly to start. Serve with crusty bread & butter. Yummers

Enjoy!