Immune Boosting Soup
If you're in need of a mood booster then look no further than our Immune Boosting Soup! Welcome back to our series 'Soup-er Sundays', a series dedicated to everyone's favourite winter comfort food and our next episode is centered around beating the winter blues. Packed full of carrots, ginger and turmeric its a great way to get all your vitamins in!
Serves
Ingredients
For the Soup
<item-todo-done>1 onion<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>3 cloves of garlic<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>30g fresh ginger<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 red chillis<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 tbsp coconut oil<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>4 carrots<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 large sweet potato<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 tsp turmeric<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>60g cashews<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 vegetable stock cube<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> salt<item-todo-done>
For the Roasted Carrots
<item-todo-done>3 heritage carrots<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>½ tsp salt<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>1 tbsp olive oil<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>50g cashews<item-todo-done>
For the Cashew Cream
<item-todo-done>80ml unsweetened plant-based milk<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> salt<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>50g cashews<item-todo-done>
To Serve
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Before you start
Kettle boiled | Garlic crush or microplane | Large pot | Baking tray lined with parchment paper | High speed or stick blender
Soak the cashews for the cashew cream
- Soak 50g of cashews in boiling water whilst you begin the soup
Prepare the ingredients
- Peel and roughly chop the onion
- Peel and grate the garlic and ginger
- De-seed and dice the chillis
For the soup and carrot topping
- Heat 2 tbsp coconut oil in a pot over medium to low heat. Once hot, add the onion and a big pinch of salt, and allow it to cook for 8-10 minutes
- Whilst the onion cooks, roughly chop the carrots and sweet potato
- When the onion is soft, add the garlic, ginger, chilli and turmeric and saute for 1 minute to release the delicious aromas
- Add the chopped carrot and sweet potato to the soup, followed by the cashews, stock cubes and 1 litre boiling water. Bring to the boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15-20 minutes. The vegetables should be tender at this point
- Preheat the oven to 180*C fan setting
- Chop the heritage carrots into chunks
- Transfer them to a baking tray and toss with the salt and olive oil. Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until soft and tender
For the cashew cream
- Drain the cashews from the boiling water and rinse them under cold running water
- In your high speed blender, whizz the soaked cashews with plant based milk until you have a smooth and velvety consistency
Blend your soup and serve
- Blitz the soup, either in a high speed or hand blender until smooth
- Taste and season with more salt if you’d like
- Ladle the soup between bowls and serve with a drizzle of the cashew cream, top with roasted carrots and dip with thick slices of sourdough