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African Harissa Soup

African Tomato and Harissa Soup with Coriander Cream

is a delicious hot and spicy winter soup with a fragrant whipped cream topping.
Harissa is a chilli paste often used in north african cooking.

Ingredients:

6 tbl oil
450 gm onion finely chopped
4 clv garlic crushed
4 x level tsp ground cumin
2 x level tsp harissa
2 x level tbsp tomato paste 2 x 400g cans chopped plum tomatoes in tomato juice
25 x mm fresh ginger grated
2 x level tsp caster sugar
2 lt light vegetable or chicken stock
1 x salt and freshly ground black pepper
200 ml double cream
6 x level tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander coriander sprigs and crushed black pepper to garnish
warm naan bread to accompany

Directions:

* Heat the oil in a saucepan and cook the onion gently on the simmering plate for 5 minutes or until soft but not coloured. Add the garlic and cumin cook for 30 seconds then add the harissa and tomato paste and fry for 1 minute.

* Add the tomatoes ginger sugar and stock.
* Season and bring to the boil then cook gently in the simmering oven for 20 minutes.
* Allow the mixture to cool a little.
* Place in a blender and process until smooth.
* Sieve then return the soup to the pan. Bring to the boil and season again.
* lightly whip the cream then season and fold in coriander.
* To serve spoon the cream on top of the soup gamish and accompany with warm naan bread.
* Serves 8

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