Sweet Potato Soup

Serves 4
Ingredients
3 Sweet potatoes, finely chopped

2 Carrots, finely chopped

Orange juice

2 Vegetable stock cubes

1 Onion, chopped

20 Chives

3-5 Basil Leaves

1 Teaspoon mixed herbs

1 Teaspoon dried basil

1 Teaspoon black cracked pepper 

Method

1. Bring quarter of a large sauce pan of water to the boil
2. Add the stock cubes and dried herbs.
3. Add the carrots and two of the sweet potatoes. Then leave to simmer on a low heat for 5 minutes.
4. Fry the onion until soft but do not let brown.
5. Put two ladles of soup into a large jug, along with the rest of the sweet potato. Add a splash of orange juice. Fill the jug with water so that it is three-quarters full.
6. Blend until smooth with a hand blender.
7. Stir back in to the soup.
8. Using the same jug, blend half a jug of boiling water and the onion with a hand blender. Just blend it enough so that the onion is in small peices.
9. Pour this into the soup along with the pepper and fresh herbs.
10. Stir regularly until all of the vegetables are soft.
11. Serve with foccacia bread.