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Watercress & Pear Soup

Name: Watercress & Pear Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 large bunch spring onions; 5 garlic cloves; 1 thumb-size piece of ginger; 2 tbsp. olive oil; 2 small potatoes; 750 ml vegetable stock; 2 pears; 2 bunches watercress; Salt and pepper, to taste; Sprinkle of crushed chilli; extra slivers of pear (optional) to garnish

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 40 mins

Serves: 3

British Soup

Ingredients

1 large bunch spring onions
5 garlic cloves
1 thumb-size piece of ginger
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 small potatoes
750 ml vegetable stock
2 pears
2 bunches watercress
Salt and pepper, to taste
Sprinkle of crushed chilli
extra slivers of pear (optional) to garnish

Accompaniment

Method

1
1. Chop the spring onions and garlic. Peel and finely grate the ginger (or use a garlic press) to extract the juice.

2. In a large sauté pan, heat the olive oil and gently fry the spring onions and garlic for 10 minutes. Slice the potatoes and add to the pan with the stock. Squeeze in the juice from the grated ginger, discarding the fibrous pulp. Simmer for 20 minutes.

3. Dice the pear. Wash and chop the watercress. Put the pear and watercress into a blender, add the potato stock mix, and purée.

4. Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve the soup garnished with pieces of pear and chilli, plus a dash of olive oil.

USE: Good nutrition is all about balance, and I think of this soup as being a nutritional booster - it's a healthy move if you can incorporate it into your diet once or even twice a week. On other days, eat plenty of dark green leafy vegetables, beans, lentils, cereals and nuts, which are also good sources of iron.

STORAGE: This makes about 3 bowls. Best eaten within 2 days.