Spicy Sprout and Fennel Soup

I was rummaging round the cupboard when I found a bag of sprouts that were heading towards past their best and already had my meals planned out, none of which included sprouts so decided to have a go at making some soup out of them. I thought it might be a bit bland on it’s own so decided to spice things up with a bit of chilli powder and some fennel seeds, fennel seeds work really well with sprouts, if you don’t believe me try Jamie Oliver’s Shredded Sprouts recipe.

Ingredients

• 300g sprouts, outer leaves removed and stalk trimmed.
• 150g of potato, peeled and diced
• 1/2 stick celery, diced
• 100g onion, peeled and chopped
• 20g butter
• 400ml chicken stock (or veggie stock if you are a veggie)
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Milk
• 1tsp chilli powder
• 1tsp fennel seeds.

Method

1.  Melt the butter in a large sauce pan, add the celery, onion and potato and fry until the onion is soft, add the fennel seeds and chilli powder.
2. Add the chicken stock and bring to the boil, add the sprouts to the pan and and reduce the heat, cook until the sprouts are soft.
3. Blend the soup, then season with salt and lots of black pepper, if it’s a bit thick add some milk to the soup.
4. Either serve the soup now or re heat later.