There’s something very comforting about a good medley of winter vegetables. The potato, parsnip, carrot, pumpkin mix all scream cozy days, pending Christmas and roast dinners. But while I really like the medley of winter vegetables, I don’t always feel like a roast dinner or even just like eating roast vegetables, so I decided to take my favourite winter vegetables and turn them into a delicious Winter Vegetable Medley Soup. (And it may only be September and not even winter, but I am wearing a jumper, fluffy pyjama bottoms and eyeing the boiler trying to decide if I should put the heating on!)
Surprisingly, I find this turns into quite a sweet soup, compliments I guess, of the carrots and parsnips. You can use any mixture of winter veg you wish, but I just buy the Waitrose Winter Vegetable Medley which contains 30% sweet potato, 25% carrot, 25% parsnips, 17% shallots and smoked paprika, garlic, cayenne, thyme and black pepper.
- 1 Onion
- 1 Garlic Clove
- Dash of Olive Oil
- 600g Winter Vegetable Medley
- 2 cups liquid chicken or vegetable stock (or a stock cube and two cups of water)
- A couple of sprigs of rosemary and thyme
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cut the onion in half and add it and the garlic clove to the Thermomix®.
- Add a splash of olive oil and mix Speed 4/ 10 Seconds, then 100C/speed ⅔ minutes.
- Next, add the winter veg and cook 15 minutes/Varoma/speed 3
- Add the herbs
- For a chunky soup, mix Speed 4/10 seconds or for a smooth soup, mix speed 5/30 seconds
