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Slow Cooked Root Vegetable Soup

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Something happens to vegetables when they're cooked very slowly for a long time: their flavor becomes mellow but at the same time more intense, and your kitchen is filled with aromas of goodness. This soup is also completely fat free.

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Ingredients

  • To Serve:
  • 8 oz peeled carrots, cut into 2 inch lengths
  • 8 oz peeled butternut squash, cut into 2 inch pieces
  • 8 oz (or less) chopped celery
  • 8 oz trimmed and washed leeks, halved and cut into 2 inch lengths
  • 8 oz peeled swede, cut into 2 inch pieces
  • 1 small onion, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 1/2 pints (1.5 liters) vegetable stock
  • 3 bay leaves
  • salt and freshly milled pepper
  • 6 teaspoons greek yogurt
  • a few fresh chives, snipped

Details

Preparation

Step 1

Pre heat the oven to 275. You will also need a lidded flameproof casserole with a capacity of 6 pints.

There's not much to do here once everything is peeled and chopped. All you do is place everything in the casserole and bring it up to a gentle simmer, then put the lid on, place it in the lowest part of the oven, and leave it there for 3 hours, by which time the vegetables will be meltingly tender. Next remove the bay leaves and process or liquidise the soup in several batches to a puree, then gently re-heat, and serve the soup in bowls with a teaspoon of greek yogurt swirled into each and garnished with the fresh chives.

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