Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Soup

 

A little olive oil

3 leeks

1 potato

1 parsnip

1 small butternut squash

2 carrots

1 small bacon hock

Salt and pepper to taste

Dice all the vegetables into small cubes.

Heat olive oil in the bottom of a large pot and add the leek. Cook lightly, adding a little water if the leek is sticking.

Add all the chopped vegetables, bacon and enough water to cover well.

Bring to the boil and then reduce to a simmer until the vegetables are soft and meat cooked through.

If you like, blend a little (or a lot) with a stick-blender, season with salt and pepper. Either strip the meat into the soup or leave whole in the soup pot.