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Souper Sundays

Soups, Skins & Dips. As winter deepens, we have to squeeze our weekend activities into shorter, colder days. No time for a roast perhaps, but a hearty, warming soup will do the trick. Soups and a sandwich. These simple recipes are so rewarding. Chop, simmer, blitz. WOW. 


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Chop, simmer, blitz

 

Fridge Soup

Wilted tenderstem broccoli, wabbly carrots, onions starting to seed, limp celery, cross-eyed potato, a shake of dried mixed herbs. Whatever’s lurking in the fridge.

Fry in a little butter and oil, add boiling water and a stock cube or pot. Simmer ’till the veg softens and blitz with a hand blender (not got one? ask for one for Christmas!)

Now, taste, season, add a couple of good shakes of our Real Tomato Ketchup and a spoon (or two) of Chilli Jam.

Delicious.

[Scroll down for Nail Soup]

Rustic Mushroom Soup

Though I say it myself, it’s a cracker. The ‘rustic’ element is achieved using different types of mushrooms and blitzing to different textures – rough through to smooth.

Enjoy the RECIPE HERE.Courgette, Thyme & Mint Soup

Courgettes, mushroom, onion, pancetta, cheese – this soup has everything and tastes amazing. It’s a real winner with a bacon sandwich and our Real Brown Sauce.

Enjoy the RECIPE HERE.Pumpkin / Butternut Squash Soup

Just a few weeks ago, you cut faces in them and waved them goodbye. If that’s all you did, you missed a trick.

In just a few chop, fry, stir, simmer, taste moments, you can turn the above …

…into this.

See and enjoy this so simple RECIPE HERE.Spicy Beef Taco Soup

There’s a bit more to this, but well worth the effort. Let us know what you think as you try the RECIPE HERE.

 

Skins, Chips & Dips

 

You’re simply the best

Do you ever open the cupboard, scan the shelves, and wonder where to start?
Sometimes, it’s simple inspiration you need, then hey ho, there you go.

Be inspired by simplicity. Remember the question?

Q: What separates chips from crisps ?

A: The Atlantic.

In the United States, the term ‘chips’ is used to describe thin, salty, brittle slices of fried potato, while the term ‘fries’ is used to describe thin fried potato chunks or stick – that we call ‘chips’, and the former – crisps!!!We’ve been eating chips since mid-18th C. The Americans were introduced to fried potato pieces in WW1 in North Western Europe where the Belgians, speaking French, called them frites / hence fries.

Chips / Fries generally match with Ketchup or Mayo, or in Germany both – der rot und weiss bitter.

Of course, we would say it wouldn’t we, our REAL Tomato Ketchup and our REAL Mayonnaise will make your chips, fries, wedges, crisps – even your fingers … taste so much better.

That’s – Taste without compromise.One of these in just 25 minutes?

Crispy Jackets in JUST 25 minutes. Like them fluffy in the middle with crispy skins?

Yes please. We do.

  1. Puncture the skin several times with a fork,
  2. Then into the microwave for 10 minutes. Check that the centre is softening by inserting a sharp knife. A big potato may need a couple more minutes.
  3. With a sharp knife, score a cross in the top.
  4. Now, into a pre-heated Air Fryer at 190 for 15 minutes. Plus 5 for much larger potatoes.
  5. Fluffy with a crispy jacket.

Simple Skin Recipes:BBQ Bacon & Cheese Skins – enjoy the filling RECIPE HERE.Garlic Chicken & Mayo Skins – enjoy this RECIPE HERE.Habanero Skins – the HOT one. Enjoy this RECIPE HERE.

Nail Soup

 

Nail Soup

[There’s a Polish poem by Aleksander Fredro about a traveller and an old woman – Cygan i Baba.]

A traveller comes to an old woman’s house and asks if he can stay in the hut outside, and does she have any food.

She said he could stay in the hut, but she had no food.

“Perhaps I can make my favourite ‘nail soup’. I have the nail, all I need is a pan of water and the flames of your fire.”

She’s curious to see this novelty so gets a pan of water, puts it on the fire and watches as he digs a long nail from his pocket and drops it into the water.

As the water heats up, he asks her if she might have some salt to throw into the pot.

She gets up to give him some.

Then he asks for a little butter which she also gives him.

“You wouldn’t have an onion that I can use?” And off she pops to get one, even peeling and dicing it. She was filled with suspicious intrigue.

At his suggestion, a carrot appeared … then a swede … a handful of rice. She was now impatient to see the end result.

After a while, the traveller slowly retrieves his nail from the pan, popping it back in his pocket. He eats the ‘delicious’ soup and retires to the hut.

The Moral

By working together and contributing what you have, you can create something much greater than you could on your own.