Chestnut puree was being sold for 30p a can at the local shop. How could I resist! As I was making sweet potato soup I thought hmmm… wouldn’t chestnut puree go really nicely in that!
Fry a couple of chopped onions and garlic cloves in butter/oil/low-fat frying method of your choice, till translucent.
Add about 4 sliced sweet potatoes and a tsp of cinnamon, and a pinch or two of nutmeg if you wish, fry for a while.
Add veg/chicken stock, about 150g chestnut puree (I used about a third of a regular sized can) and simmer, then blend.
[...] which was lovely! We had soup with it as well, not that the soup particularly went with it! It was sweet potato and chestnut, and FP just LOVED [...]
By: So Melancholy and Now Not! « Nothing, Exceptional on May 24, 2008
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