Thursday 11 November 2010

Recipe of the Week - 'Blood' Soup





Ah, now, don't worry. There is no blood whatsoever in this recipe! The name is just a result of the joys of living with boys, and the delight they take in the yuckiest things! 

The soup is actually made with sweet potato and beetroot, but thanks to it's vibrant colour, the first time my boys tried this they said it looked like blood. Far from putting them off trying it, it made them more eager to do so! And ever since then it has been known as Blood Soup in this house.

You will need:
3 large sweet potatoes
a similar amount of uncooked beetroot as sweet potato. (Sizes of the beetroot vary so much so it's hard to say how many you will need)
1 onion
1 clove garlic
about 1 pint vegetable stock


~Chop the onion and garlic and soften in a pan with a little oil.
~Peel and roughly chop the sweet potato and beetroot into cubes, and add to the pan.

~You might want to put some rubber gloves on to chop the beetroot, unless you want to end up with what I read Nigella describe once as 'Lady Macbeth hands'!

I don't tend to bother though. It does wash off - eventually!



~Soften the veg for about five minutes and then pour over the stock.
~You may need more than a pint, depending on how big your sweet potatoes and beetroot were, but you want to have enough to cover the veg, as below.



~Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes, until the veg is nice and soft.
~Season to taste and blend until smooth with a hand held blender.



This soup is so bold you don't need any fancy garnishes on it.
And it's really more of a purpley colour than a blood-red colour!

4 comments:

  1. ohh, I love all those ingredients so I may have to try this one! And I do love Shakespeare too.... lol

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  2. I can just imagine my boys' reaction if I served them Blood Soup - so funny!

    Your fall layout is so pretty and attractive!

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  3. Mmmm this sounds delicious! Have you ever tried Russian Borsch? Its very similar to this soup. My sister Marie posted it sometime last year. It is soooo good! Potatoes, carrots, roast beef and of course pretty red beets!

    The boys are so CUTE calling it blood soup lol!
    :D

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  4. YUM! What awesome ingredients! My name is Cindy and I blog over at Vegetarianmamma.com I wanted to invite you to link up your recipe at our Gluten Free Fridays Recipe Link up party! It happens every Friday and we'd love to have you join us with some of your awesome recipes! You can find this week's link up here: http://vegetarianmamma.com/gluten-free-fridays-recipe-party-2/
    Also be sure to link up your blog on our Gluten Free Bloggers directory. You can reach the directory by clicking the "glutenfree bloggers" tab on our blog! Thanks, Cindy :)

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