Spicy Soup

Name: Spicy Soup
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 50 g Coarsely Chopped almonds; 10 g butter; 1 tbsp curry powder; 1 apple Cut into Small Cubes; 1 Large Chopped White white onion; 2 Large Crushed garlic cloves; 5 tsp Grated Fresh ginger; 800 g Vegetable bouillon; 400 g Beef Strips; 12 Sliced spring onions; 250 ml cooking cream; 1 tbsp sea salt; 200 g couscous; ¼ litre Boiling water; 150 g Coarsely Chopped dried apricots

An Asian inspired soup with lots of curry, ginger, garlic and coconut flavours. Mmmm!

Ingredients

Coarsely Chopped almonds	50 g
Butter	10 g
Curry powder	1 tbsp
Apple Cut into Small Cubes	1
Large Chopped White white onion	1
Large Crushed garlic cloves	2
Grated Fresh ginger	5 tsp
Vegetable bouillon	800 g
Beef Strips	400 g
Sliced spring onions	12
Cooking cream	250 ml
Sea salt	1 tbsp
Couscous	200 g
Boiling water	¼ litre
Coarsely Chopped dried apricots	150 g

Instructions

Step 1

Put the almonds in a saucepan and heat, shaking and stirring them well for about 2 minutes or until they are a lovely golden colour.

Step 2

Over a high heat melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the curry powder, apple, onion, garlic and ginger - heat for about ½ minute. Add vegetable stock and bring to the boil.

Step 3

Cut the meat into bitesize chunks and cook it for about a minute in the stock. Add spring onion, cooking cream and salt. Let the soup simmer for a while and then taste.

Step 4

Put the couscous in a bowl, pour over the boiling water. Let stand for about 10 minutes - mix with a fork a couple of times while standing. Serve the spicy soup with roasted almonds, couscous and apricots on the side.