This fresh, piquant summer soup combines many of the ingredients you might find in a feisty salsa, but in a soup. Add more chillies if you like it hot, and a handful of fresh sweetcorn kernels, sliced straight from the cob, is a good addition if you have them. A scattering of diced avocado can replace the soured cream, if you prefer.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 red onions, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1-2 medium-hot green chillies, such as jalapeño, deseeded and finely chopped
½ teaspoon ground cumin
600ml vegetable stock
200ml roasted tomato sauce or passata
400g ripe tomatoes, cored, deseeded and finely chopped
400g tin black beans or black eyed beans, drained and rinsed
A handful of oregano, chopped
A pinch of sugar
Juice of 1 lime
A small handful of coriander, roughly chopped
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
To finish
A small handful of coriander, roughly chopped
4-6 tablespoons soured cream (optional)
Method
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over a medium-low heat, add most of the onions (reserving a little to finish the soup) and saute for about 5 minutes, or until softened. Add the garlic, chillies and cumin and stir for a minute.
Add the stock, roasted tomato sauce or passata, tomatoes, beans, oregano and sugar. Season with salt and pepper, bring to the boil and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and add the lime juice and coriander. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
Serve the soup topped with dollops of soured cream, if you like, and scattered with the reserved red onion, chopped coriander and freshly ground pepper.
Original Recipe Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall River Cotage VEG Everyday Blommsbury
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