A pot of vibrant green vegetable soup

Winter pistou soup

Name: Winter pistou soup
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 5 tbsp olive oil; 2 sticks celery diced; 1 large leek diced; 1 large potatoes peeled and diced; 800ml vegetable stock; 100g frozen peas; ¼ small savoy cabbage diced; ½ a small bunch basil; 1 clove garlic crushed

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: March 11, 2021 at 12:05 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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'Pistou' is the basil and olive oil mixture that's drizzled over this wholesome, comforting soup. It gives the winter vegetables a real lift

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Ingredients

Nutrition

5 tbsp olive oil
2 sticks celery

diced
1 large leek

diced
1 large potatoes

peeled and diced
800ml vegetable stock
100g frozen peas
¼ small savoy cabbage

diced
½ a small bunch basil
1 clove garlic

crushed

Nutrition: per serving

kcal238
fat14.9g
saturates2.1g
carbs20.6g
fibre5.3g
protein5.3g
salt0.6g

Method

step 1

Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and cook the celery and leek until softened. Add the potatoes and stock, season, then simmer until the potatoes are just tender. Add the peas and cabbage and cook for 3 minutes more.
step 2

Whizz the basil, garlic and remaining 4 tbsp of olive oil in a small food processor. Drizzle the pistou over the soup just before serving.

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