
Having a dinner party? or inviting a few guests round? This smooth, satisfying sweet potato and lentil soup, served with a herb oil makes a great starter and is incredibly easy to make.
Serves: 6
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4 tbsp Vegetable oil
- 1 white onion
- 3 medium-sized Sweet potatoes
- 1 medium-sized Maris piper potato
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 3 tsp Salt
- 4 tsp Ground black pepper
- 2 tsp Paprika
- 100g Red lentils
- 1 litre Vegetable stock cube
- 1 tbsp Brown sugar
Herb oil
- Small bunch of fresh coriander leaves
- 5 tbsp Virgin olive oil
Method:
- Roughly dice the onion and potato, then crush the garlic.
- Heat the oil in a medium sized pot, over a medium heat and fry the onions for 4 minutes until translucent.
- Then add in the garlic and both potatoes and fry for a further 3 minutes.
- Add in the lentils, salt, pepper, paprika, vegetable stock and sugar, bring to the boil then simmer for 15 minutes until the potatoes are soft.
- Puree the soup until smooth using a food processor or hand blender ( I used a hand blender).
- For the herb oil blend together the olive oil and coriander.