Chilled Spinach Soup With Avocado And Bacon Crunchies
From angierae 15 years agoIngredients
- 4 shallots, sliced shopping list
- 3 T light olive oil shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped or crushed shopping list
- 320g potatoes, peeled and roughly diced to 2cm shopping list
- 1 litre stock, veg or chicken shopping list
- 150g bacon, cut into pieces (or use lardons) shopping list
- 200g spinach, thoroughly washed shopping list
- ripe avocado shopping list
- creme fraiche (to dollop) shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste shopping list
- small handful fresh basil leaves* shopping list
- bunch of fresh chives* shopping list
- handful of peas* shopping list
How to make it
- Fry the shallots in 2 T oil
- Add potatoes after 5 min, seasoning with salt and pepper
- Once potatoes are hot, pour in the stock and simmer until potatoes are cooked
- Stir in the spinach to wilt
- Immediately load half into the blender and blend until smooth
- Tip into a shallow tray (for fast cooling) and repeat
- Rinse blender with a bit of water and add to soup
- Add ice and cool at room temperature, then in fridge or freezer to chill
- While soup is cooling fry bacon in remaining T oil (if you think it needs it!)
- Serve with avocado, bacon crunchies and a blob of creme fraiche
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