Granny Smith Green

Name: Granny Smith Green
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 250 g washed spinach; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 large carrot, peeled and roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped; 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped; 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter; 2 stock cubes; 1 bunch fresh coriander, finely chopped; 50 g unsalted cashew nuts; 1 large courgette, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seasonal Soups

By Fraser Reid

Published 2019

About

Named after the famous bright green apple, this soup oozes healthiness and is a fantastic blend of leafy greens, silky smooth courgettes and cashew. This soup could be changed really easily by substituting basil or parsley for the coriander.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil or butter
1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
2

Spring
Summer
March
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Soup

Method

Heat the olive oil or butter in a pot over a medium-low heat. Fry the onion and garlic for 5–10 minutes until they soften slightly.

Add the carrot, courgette, cashews and fresh coriander to the pot, mixing everything together.

Pour in a litre of boiling water, crumble in the stock cubes and bring it all to the boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

Take the