West African Peanut Soup

Method

1. Fry the onion in oil until softened
2. Turn the heat down slightly and add the garlic & ginger
3. Sauté until fragrant and slightly coloured
4. Add carrot, sweet potato, peanut butter, water, Urban Forager Vegetable Stock Concentrate and cayenne pepper
5. Simmer until veggies are tender
6. Blend with a stick blender until smooth
7. While still on a low heat, add peanut butter and stir until melted through soup
8. Stir through tomato juice

Thermomix method

1. Add roughly chopped onion to TM bowl
2. Chop for approx 2 secs on speed 6 until just chopped
3. Add oil to the TM bowl and cook at 100C, soft speed, reverse for 8 mins
4. In the meantime, prepare the vegetables
5. Add ginger and garlic to TM bowl and cook at 100C, soft speed, 2 mins
6. Add carrot, sweet potato, peanut butter, water, Urban Forager Vegetable Stock Concentrate and cayenne pepper to TM bowl
7. Cook on varoma, soft speed, reverse for 17 mins
8. Scrape down sides of the bowl and wizz on speed 7 for two minutes
9. Add tomato juice to TM bowl and blend on speed 7 for another minute

Notes

Adding tomato juice to pumpkin soup is an old trick to make it look a deeper orange. It also adds depth of flavour.