Hua Whenua Soup

July 12, 2023Luke Winslade

Recipe from the Pepper & Me Club.
https://pepperandme.club/hua-whenua-soup/

Hua Whenua Soup

Jessica Gray
Category

Soup

Experience the warmth of togetherness with Hua Whenua, 
a delightful dish known as Friendship Soup.

Ingredients

  • 2 Onions
  • 6 Cloves Garlic - Crushed
  • 5 Carrots
  • 1 Swede
  • 4 Stalks Celery
  • 2 Potatoes
  • 1 Kumara
  • 2 Tbsp Spit Roast
  • 1 Tbsp Blow My Coals
  • 2.5L Water
  • 2 Stock Cubes (Chicken, Beef or Vegetable)
  • 1 Large handful of Greens (Spinach, Kale, Silverbeet or Watercress)
  • Oil

Optional

  • Soup Bones

Directions

  1. Start by prepping all the vegetables. Finely dice the onion and celery, peel and dice the Kumara and potatoes, then peel the swede and coarsely grate along with the carrots
  2. Take a large stock or soup pot and bring to temperature over a medium high heat
  3. Add a small drizzle of oil and add the celery, onion and garlic. Sauté for 3-4 minutes to soften
  4. Add Spit Roast and Blow My Coals, cook off for a minute
  5. Next add the grated carrot, swede and diced kumara and potatoes
  6. Add the water and stock cubes and bring to a boil, once boiling reduced the heat to low and simmer for an hour
  7. If you are using soup bones add them with the water and remove before serving
  8. To finish in the last 10 minutes add the shredded kale/spinach or silver beet
  9. Serve with warm crusty bread