Mexi Soup

Winter has come early this year. Snowflakes are falling from the sky and the temperature has dropped below zero....Summer clothes are being stowed away... Let the season for the oh-so-sexy woolen longjohns, the flattering beanie hair does and pratical waterproof shoes begin!! I guess just the thought of minus degrees and woolen longjohns makes you shiver... Well, guess what? The spicy, mexican flavoured soup I made today will warm you up!

Mexi Soup
(4 persons)

Ingredients:
400 gr minced meat
1 leek, sliced
butter
2 tbsp taco spices
2 tbsp tomato paste
4 potatoes, diced
400 gr canned tomatoes
6 dl veal stock
salt
pepper
crème fraîche
nachos

1.) Fry the minced meat in some butter and add the sliced leek.
2.) Add the taco spices, the tomato paste and the diced potatoes, and fry for a couple of minutes.
3.) Transfer the ingredients in the fying pan to a large cookery pot.
4.) Add the canned tomatoes and veal stock, and let it simmer for 10 to 20 minutes.
5.) Add salt and pepper to taste.
6.) Serve with nachos and a dollop of crème fraîche.

Enjoy!!!

Sunday Soup

With the weather getting colder and colder outside, it is great to get warmed up again with a big bowl of soup after a stroll in the forest. The recipe for this hearty and delicious soup I made this weekend, comes from this cook book.

Sunday Soup
(4 persons)

Ingredients:
2 filets of chicken
100 gr bacon
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp butter / olive oil
3 tbsp ajvar relish
2 tsp dried thyme
1,5 ltr chicken stock
1 dl wholewheat pasta (macaroni/fusili), unboiled
200 gr cherry tomatoes
1 dl white beans, boiled
1 handfull of haricots verts
50 gr fresh spinach
salt / pepper

1.) Cut the chicken filets and bacon into smaller pieces.
2.) Chop the onion and garlic.
3.) Heat the butter/olive oil in a medium sized cookery pot and fry the chicken, bacon, onion and garlic until golden brown.
4.) Add the ajvar relish and the dried thyme and stir well.
5.) Add the chicken stock and the boiled pasta and let the soup simmer for about 10 minutes.
6.) Halve the cherry tomatoes and add them to the soup together with the haricots verts, the white beans and the spinach, and let these vegetables get warm.
7.) Add salt and pepper to taste and serve together with some slices of good bread.

PS: I also added other vegetables that were lying around in the fridge, so this is a great way of getting rid of veggie leftovers!

Enjoy!!!