It'll warm the cockles of yer heart..

So the weather has turned decidedly chilly, with the prospect of snow tomorrow or friday we have had soup twice this week.   When I was a kid we would have large pots of soup (in particular pumpkin or bacon bone) bubbling away for hours on the stove or on the cast iron fireplace in the front room.  There is just something satisfying about eating soup and sharing it with friends and family.  The soup we had tonight was based on this recipe.

Celeriac and Cheddar Soup

1 tbsp butter

3 sliced onions

3 potatoes peeled and diced

1/2 a large celeriac peeled and diced

1 litre of vegetable stock 

4 Sage leaves

Rind of a medium sized lemon

1 cup of grated cheddar cheese

1.   In a large pan, melt the butter. Add the onions and cook for 5 mins until softened, add the potato, celeriac, stock, sage and lemon peel.

2.   Bring to the boil and simmer gently for about 30 mins, remove and discard the lemon zest and sage leaves, blend the soup until smooth.  When smooth add the cheese, serve with buttered toasted seed bread.

This week we also had Tomato and Tamarind soup with toasted spices and raita that B found in Cuisine.  OMG it was really, really good tasted perfect and B even made a dark rye bread to go with it.  It did smoke up the kitchen a bit when he toasted the spices, but it smelt good :)

I made the fruit bread today - was okay I thought the fresh cranberries made it too tart but as it was made to be toasted it should be fine.  Next time I will use more fruit and use crasins  instead of fresh cranberries.

S.