Life Without Toast - Sibling Rivalry

1tbsp oil

1 large white onion

1 red onion

6 cloves of garlic

1 leek ? white of, not the green bit, that?s ganky

2 sticks of celery

Approx 8-10 carrots, not big ones now, but not small ones anyway

2 sweet potatoes, ordinary size, the giant ones have NO flavour and are gank also

1 large piece of ginger

2L stock

Handful of coriander (fresh) finely minced to finish

Salt (if you have no taste buds) & black pepper to taste

Method:

1: roughly chop the onions and garlic (when I say roughly chop I mean roughly chop, this should take no longer than 30 seconds, just CHOP, nowt fancy cause there?s no point, its all going to be blended anyway)

2: Split the leek in half, wash (leeks grow from the ground, therefore are likely to have a sandy clay all the way through them depending on where they were grown, you have to get rid of this,) roughly chop as well

3: roughly chop the celery, short pieces to break the stringy bits

4: peel carrots if necessary, chop in circles approx ¼ of an inch thick

5: peel sweet potato, chop this up smallish, pieces about the size of two dice (?)

6: peel ginger, chop this up too, no need to grate, you will more than likely grate your fingers, and chopping is the same really

7: pick coriander and finely chop, this is what you bought those lovely shiny chefs knives for, mind your fingers now!!!

To cook:

1: heat oil in a large heavy bottomed pot

2: throw in onions & garlic, sweat for about 3-4 mins (sweat the onions & garlic, not you sweating, smell of BO is not good)

3: add leeks and celery, sweat for another 3-4 mins

4: add carrots, sweat for 2 mins

5: add sweet potato, sweat for 2 mins

6: add ginger

7: give it all a good mix around, the whole time the ingredients should be making a nice ?SSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssssssss? noise, if this isn?t happening, the pot isn?t hot enough, and or you forgot to turn on the cooker

8: add stock, bring to the boil, cover, leave for approx 30-40 mins on about ?not very hot? setting, its number two on my cooker, but my cooker is weird! Stir regularly

9: remove from heat, turn off your cooker!!!

10: take your blender device and either stick it into soup or pour soup into it depending on what type of device you have, blend, obviously

11: if you are really arsed you can pass the soup through a sieve, I wouldn?t bother though, if you have blended it properly

12: finish with finely chopped coriander, beautiful, eat, or freeze/refrigerate, in the fridge it will last about 3-4 days, in the freezer it will last about 3 months, I would say!

It?s lovely and you ALL have to make it, if you don?t like ginger you can make it with lemongrass either, also, just as yum.

ALL RECIPES Sarah Verso©