Tea Shop Recipe: Spring Courgette Soup

Spring Courgette Soup

Tracey Hilsdon, Assistant Chef at the Tea Shop

With our unpredictable weather, this light and healthy soup is a perfect lunch or starter when the sun is not quite shining at its brightest.

Ingredients:

1 diced onion

1 clove of garlic

3 chopped courgettes

1 little gem lettuce

Olive oil for frying

1 vegetable stock pot

A few sprigs of mint

1 lemon

Method:

Warm a glug of olive oil in a large saucepan and sautée the diced onion until soft but not coloured.

Cut the little gem into quarters and add to the onion, along with the clove of garlic. Cook until softened - this should take approximately 5 minutes.

Add the courgettes, vegetable stock pot and about a litre of water. Season and simmer for around 20 minutes.

We are very lucky at the Artists' Village to have herbs growing outside our kitchen, so at the end of cooking the vegetables I add a handful of mint leaves, followed by the juice of one lemon.

Blend all of the ingredients until smooth and adjust the seasoning if necessary.

Serve with your favourite fresh bread - we use a chunk of multi-seed granary from our local bakery.

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