Name of Recipe: Green bean & parmesan soup (converted from The Soup Bible)
Number of People: Makes approx. 700mls but can be doubled
Ingredients:
40g parmesan, 2cm cubes
25g butter
225g green beans, topped & tailed and roughly cut in 3 pieces
2 cloves garlic (I used Tenina's confit of garlic)
400g boiling water
1 heaped tblspn vegetable stock concentrate
1 cube Tenina's umami
50ml cream
S & P to taste
Parsley to garnish
Preparation:
Chop the parmesan 4 sec/speed 9 and set aside. Rinse the bowl out with hot water.
Melt the butter in the TM bowl 1.5 minutes/100o/speed 1.
Add the beans with the cloves of garlic and cook 5 mins/100o/speed 1.
Add the boiling water and vegie stock plus the cube of umami.
Cook a further 12 mins/100o/speed 2.
Puree the soup for 1 minute by slowly turning the dial up to speed 9. For safety reasons do not hold the MC down when pureeing soups.
Add cheese and cream and mix 10 sec/speed 3.
Test for seasoning and add S & P to taste.
Serve sprinkled with finely chopped parsley.
Tips/Hints:
This is another simple soup using ingredients you have on hand. It is a thin soup so is preferable to sip from a mug.