Sweet Potato Soup With A Kick

In our house, Sunday's are the days of making things for the week such as, bread, a big stew or large roast so we can use the left over meat on a pizza (trust me, especially shredded chicken wing meat!), curry pastes and soups for lunch in the week. This is my boyfriends favorite and great comfort food! I have only lived on the south coast for six months and was at one time, after the initial high of freedom of university and parents had worn off, quite lonely; homesick some may say. This soup kept me going, as did roast beef monster munch and diet coke but hey! I am allowed a junk food binge every so often.

Even though it is a winter/autumn soup I find it delicious all year round. It is only a few basic ingredients and takes around 30 mins. This includes all preparation. 

Peel your potatoes and chop quite small. This is just so they cook quicker and you're not waiting around. Also do not be alarmed and storm off to your veg man if your sweet potatoes aren't orange. White ones are quite common and taste just as nice. Peel and chop the veg into roughly the same size so the cook evenly. A small tip is push up with your peeler if it is blunt as the top blade doesn't get used as much and is really sharp. 

Fry the onions, carrots, celery, chilli and curry powder till onions are soft, around 5-10 mins. Add in the sweet potatoes, chorizo and stock and simmer for about 15 mins till everything is lovely and soft. If you don't have chorizo or are vegetarian use paprika. When I forgot the chorizo I put in paprika as it is the main spice of the sausage. The soup was still beautiful and addictively slurpy! When it is all cooked blitz until all lumps are gone and you are left with amber nectar. I realise this is some sort of Australian beer but the soup is amber in colour and pretty much nectar like, for me anyway. If you want to add a little extra special "Good Lord!!!", fry off a few cubed pieces of chorizo and plonk on top for an explosion! This soup is best served piping hot with lashings of bad T.V and blankets. 

What you need:

4-5 large sweet potatoes

2 sticks of celery

2 carrots

2 medium onions

A quarter chorizo ring, diced (optional)

2 teaspoons mild curry powder

Half chilli with seeds

Sprinkle of paprika 

2 litres of stock (veg or chicken and preferably organic)