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Vegetable soup

"Delicious fast and easy home made soup"

- from The Brooksbank School

Ingredients

(makes 4 portions)
300g Mixed Vegetables (onion, carrot, turnip, leek and celery)
50g Butter or Margarine
25g Flour (white or wholemeal)
1 litre of Vegetable Stock
100g Potatoes
Bouquet Garni
Salt and Pepper
Croutons
Sliced bread
Butter

Instructions

1. Peel, wash and slice all vegetables except the potatoes.
2. Cook gently in the butter or margarine in a covered pan, without colouring.
3. Mix in the flour and cook slowly for a few minutes without colouring; cool slightly.
4. Mix in the stock. Stir and bring to the boil.
5. Add the sliced potatoes, bouquet garni and season. Simmer for 30 to 45 minutes: skim when necessary. Remove the bouquet garni.
6. Liquidise or pass through a sieve and then through a medium strainer.
7. Return to a clean pan and reboil: correct the seasoning and the consistency.
8. Serve with croutons and sliced bread separately.

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