Fruit Soup

This is lots of fun, and has a guaranteed ‘ooh-aah’ factor. It encapsulates both the enterprising and the thrifty nature of Persian cuisine, as it enables the mid-winter chef to produce a sensational and nutritious store-cupboard soup bursting with the flavours of all the seasons. It looks complex at first reading, but is really quite a doddle. It is one of those joyous recipes that you can adapt to what’s lurking in your pantry at any given time. You can use dried herbs, thus sticking to t