Spicy Marrow and Runner Bean Soup

Ingredients:

One marrow

onions, garlic

runner beans, chunked, boiled or steamed

half a pint of veg (or chicken) stock

tomato puree

chestnut mushrooms

creme fraiche

 

Method:

In a nice big pot, sweat off some coarsely chopped onions and garlic in plenty of olive oil, then add the peeled and chunked marrow and sweat off that too. Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and pimenton (Spanish smoked paprika, a heaped tsp of sweet and just under tsp of hot), put on the lid and let cook some more. Add the beans and stock and let simmer for about 10 mins. Blitz it all up with a stick blender, adjust the seasoning, add a dollop of tomato puree to give it some more colour, add the sliced mushrooms and cook for a bit until they are done. Turn out in bowls, stir in a dollop of creme fraiche and garnish with sliced mushrooms. As an afterthought, some fresh coriander would be wonderful with this but I didn't have any. You can also leave some of the beans unblitzed to have some more green. Serve with some nice bread.

Done