Healthy soup recipe for 4 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has olive oil, leek, thyme sprig, butter beans, vegetable bouillon, wholegrain mustard, flat-leaf parsley, bacon, kale and hazelnuts.
Leek & butter bean soup with crispy kale & bacon
Course: Healthy soup
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Flat Leaf Parsley: 1/2 small pack flat-leaf parsley
- Olive Oil: 4 tsp olive oil
- Kale: 40g chopped kale, any tough stems removed
- Leek: 500g leeks, sliced
- Vegetable Bouillon: 500ml vegetable bouillon stock
- Thyme Sprig: 4 thyme sprigs, leaves picked
- Wholegrain Mustard: 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
- Bacon: 3 rashers streaky bacon
- Butter Beans: 2 x 400g cans butter beans
- Hazelnuts: 25g hazelnuts, roughly chopped
Directions
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large saucepan over a low heat. Add the leeks, thyme and seasoning. Cover and cook for 15 mins until softened, adding a splash of water if the leeks start to stick. Add the butter beans with the water from the cans, the stock and mustard. Bring to the boil and simmer for 3-4 mins until hot. Blend the soup in a food processor or with a stick blender, stir through the parsley and check the seasoning.
- Put the bacon in a large, non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Cook for 3-4 mins until crispy, then set side to cool. Add the remaining 1 tsp oil to the pan, and tip in the kale and hazelnuts. Cook for 2 mins, stirring until the kale is wilted and crisping at the edges and the hazelnuts are toasted. Cut the bacon into small pieces, then stir into the kale mixture.
- Reheat the soup, adding a splash of water if it is too thick. Serve in bowls sprinkled with the bacon & kale mixture.
