This tasty and wamring spiced parsnip and apple soup is a great recipe for a winter starter. Bursting with flavour, it brings together all the wonderful tastes of the season and is sure to be hit with your dinner guests.
Serves: 6
Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients
- 50g butter
- 1 small onion – peeled and diced
- 1 garlic clove – chopped
- 1 heaped dessert-spoon of korma paste
- 3 large parsnips – peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 medium Bramley apples – peeled and chopped
- 1ltr hot vegetable stock
- ½ tin (200g) coconut milk (freeze the remainder for another day)
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper
Method
1. Melt the butter and gently cook the onions and garlic until the onion is soft and translucent.
2. Stir in the korma paste, cooking for 3-4 minutes to release the flavour from the spices.
3. Add the parsnips and cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring to coat the parsnips in the paste.
4. Pour on the hot stock, add the apples, season and bring to a simmer.
5. Add the coconut milk and cook until the parsnips are soft.
6. Blend until smooth. The soup should be the consistency of double cream -add a little more water if required.
7. Serve in warm bowls garnished with the fried parsnip on top of the soup or to the side of the bowl, if preferred.
Top Tip
To garnish deep fry strips of parsnip until crisp and season with salt and pepper
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