A simple restorative soup for when you are all bunged up with flu and feeling miserable.
Like me.
Fry a chopped leek slowly in some butter and olive oil until soft, translucent and faintly golden brown, ten minutes at least. Add in a good handfull of rolled oats, stir about a bit and leave to cook for a few minutes. Pour in a pint and a quarter of vegetable stock and simmer gently until the oats are cooked but still have some bite, mine took a bit over half an hour. Season and serve.
I had mine with croutons and a handfull of chopped parsley.
Now you may notice that I have posted this recipe before but Tinned Tomatoes and Lisa's Kitchen has a monthly event - "No Croutons required" and seeing as this is one of my favourite soups, and one of my favourite photos, and seeing as I am bunged up with the flu again . . . well I thought I would enter this one.
6 comments:
Thanks for this lovely entry. Get well soon!
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Thanks for your comment Peter! Hope you get well soon and the soup does the trick!
Ugh. I'm sick, too, with a summer cold - which I truly think is the worst kind. I'll have to look into this soup! I need all the restoring I can get.
me down with flu right now...trying this with a lot of black peppercorns crushed over it...
Black peppercorns should do the trick Sangeeta, hope you get better soon . . .
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