I think I have conquered soup; no longer is it either thin and weedy or thick and granular, now it has flavour and a lovely consistency!
I made two good soups last week; the first was going to have been beetroot. I took a bag of beetroot out of the freezer – the label said, needs some attention, and indeed it dd because it was not beetroot at all. I think it may have been roast vegetables, I detected tomato and onion and aubergine – the dark skin had made me think it was beetroot! I blended it, rubbed it through a fine sieve added some stock and some cream (clotted cream, also out of the freezer) added a little seasoning, thickened it with just a little cornflour … and oh wow, it was yummy!
I also made butternut squash soup, toasting the seeds for a little snack.
Lois Elsden 