Essex Greengrocer’s Soup
Essex Greengrocer’s Soup

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Great recipe for Essex Greengrocer's Soup. This could be a "use up" recipe but in fact we've been having such good vegetables delivered from a wholesale greengrocer in an adjacent village during lockdown that I ordered a little more of a few things especially for this one. Sprinkle the flour over the veggies and stir for a few more minutes. Pour in the milk, add the potato and bring to a boil, stirring the whole time so the soup doesn't stick to the pot.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook essex greengrocer’s soup using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Essex Greengrocer’s Soup:
  1. Take 1 tbsp hazelnut oil
  2. Prepare 2 onions, finely sliced
  3. Take 1 shallot, finely sliced
  4. Get 3 cloves garlic, finely sliced
  5. Take 1 red chili, finely sliced (I leave the seeds in but that’s optional)
  6. Get 1 red pepper, finely sliced
  7. Prepare 140 g chestnut mushrooms, finely sliced
  8. Take 2 tbsp tomato purée
  9. Take 2 carrots, finely diced
  10. Get 1 x 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
  11. Make ready 2 l vegetable stock (I use “Marigold” powder unless fresh stock to hand)
  12. Make ready 140 g French beans, in 2 cm slices
  13. Make ready 2 bay leaves
  14. Take 1 tsp dried oregano
  15. Prepare 1 tsp dried thyme
  16. Take 1 tsp smoked paprika
  17. Take Handful pasta, in small pieces
  18. Take 1/4 Savoy cabbage, torn into small pieces. I also use the core, finely diced
  19. Prepare Salt
  20. Take Ground black pepper
  21. Prepare Parmesan cheese

It was next to a greengrocer's. I remember joining the very long queue as a child to get the family's hot cross buns on Good Fridays. The soup is also a great transitional recipe between winter and spring. The potatoes and the splash of plant milk keep it creamy and give it some heft, but it's also light and fresh, a great way to welcome asparagus when the season hits, or to put your chard and spinach to good use.

Instructions to make Essex Greengrocer’s Soup:
  1. Fry the onion and shallot on a medium-high heat in the oil in your stockpot or large saucepan for 4 minutes, stirring only to avoid sticking.
  2. Add the garlic and chili and cook for a further 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the tomato purée, pepper and mushrooms and cook for a further 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. Stir in the carrots and cook for a further 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the ingredients are nicely softened but not browned.
  4. Add the chopped tomatoes, stock, bay leaves, oregano, thyme, smoked paprika and beans and stir thoroughly. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  5. Add the pasta and cook for another 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  6. Add the cabbage and cook, uncovered on a fast simmer, for a final 5 minutes.
  7. Season to taste and serve piping hot, with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.

The soup is also a great transitional recipe between winter and spring. The potatoes and the splash of plant milk keep it creamy and give it some heft, but it's also light and fresh, a great way to welcome asparagus when the season hits, or to put your chard and spinach to good use. Up the greens factor of this slow-cooker meatball soup by throwing in a handful of fresh spinach during the last few minutes. Food is cooked to order using fresh ingredients. Delightfully healthy dish: Seafood Noodle Soup - With mixed seafood and Chinese leaves in a clear Ramen noodle soup.

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