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Orange soup

The vibrant orange colour of this beautiful vegetable soup will brighten up any meal.

  • Time to make: 1 hr
  • Serving: 4 people
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 cup diced unpeeled orange kumara
  • 1 cup diced peeled pumpkin
  • 1 cup sliced unpeeled carrot
  • 1 cup diced unpeeled potato
  • 375ml can Carnation Light & Creamy coconut flavoured Evaporated Milk
  • 1 orange
  • 2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, chopped
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Place the kumara, pumpkin, carrot and potato in a large pot. Add 3 cups water, cover and cook until boiled. Reduce the heat to the minimum and cook for another 30 minutes.

    2 Switch off the stove, remove the lid and wait 15 minutes for the soup to cool down. Blitz it with a hand blender until smooth. Add the coconut-flavoured evaporated milk.

    3 Carefully peel the top layer of the orange skin, leaving the white skin on the fruit. Cut the orange in half and hand-squeeze the juice into the pot. Stir. Pour into 4 bowls. Decorate with the chopped parsley and orange zest or slices. Serve with wholegrain bread.

    Serving suggestion

    Serve with seed bread or with toasted cheese sandwiches made from sourdough bread.

    Variations

    • For a spicier version, add 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander seeds or 1/2 teaspoon ginger to the pot before boiling.
    • A spoonful of reduced-fat yoghurt placed on top of each bowl adds to the appearance as well as the flavour.
    • You can use good-quality reduced-salt stock instead of water.
    • If you don’t like the taste of coconut, use unflavoured low-fat evaporated milk.
    • Boiling a bay leaf in the soup will give it a subtle flavour and aroma. Remember to throw away the leaf after cooking.

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