Tomato and kūmara soup
Really good to eat all year round.
Ingredients
Serves 4
2 large tomatoes, chopped, or 1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
2 kūmaras, peeled and sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 L vegetable stock
1 Tbsp smoked paprika
pinch salt
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Method
Place vegetables and stock in a large heavy-based saucepan.
Bring to the boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15–20 minutes or until vegetables are soft. Blend or mash.
Add smoked paprika and simmer for a further 5 minutes.
Add salt and pepper and serve.
Variation: Use 5 yams, diced, in place of the celery.