Philicity Reeken shares her deliciously decadent butternut soup recipe

Winter is around the corner - and what better than a delicious soup to tantalize your tastebuds.

The Scenic Drive's Philcitiy Reeken shared one of her most favourite soup recipes with us - And its a butternut soup. But as we all know Philicity, she decided to spice it up and made it her own. 

RECIPE:

• One onion
• Two medium carrots
• One apple
• One stick of celery with leaves
• Salt
• One fresh chilli
• One big butternut
• Ginger
• Saffron
• Orange Zest

 METHOD: 

• Chop half an onion, two medium carrots, one apple, one stick of celery with leaves. 
• Fry them on a medium heat with a pinch of salt and 1 fresh chilli. 
• Then add in your chopped butternut just use one big one with some freshly grated ginger. 
• Let it braise a little.
• Then add in about 750- 1l of boiling water with veg stock. 
• If you have saffron steep it in a little warm water for 20-30min. Add that in.
• Cook for approximately 30min. Till soft. Then add in cream to taste and blend.
• Let it cook for about another 7min. 
• Serve hot with fresh bread/ croutons/ tortilla chips and add some orange zest. 

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