Soups Recipes - Chili Winter Warmer

Ingredients

• 100 g/4 oz/1 cup minced (ground) lamb or beef

• 2 onions, finely chopped

• 2 carrots, finely chopped

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp chili powder

• 15 ml/1 tbsp tomato puree (paste)

• 900 ml/3 3/4 cups beef stock

• 5 ml/1 tsp yeast extract

• 100 g/4 oz/1 cup soup pasta shapes

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn flour (cornstarch)

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

• Chopped parsley

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Method:

1. Put the meat, onions and carrots in a large saucepan and cook, stirring, until the grains of meat are brown and separate.

2. Stir in the chili powder, tomato puree, stock and yeast extract. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. Add the pasta and cook for a further 10 minutes. Blend the corn flour with the water.

4. Stir into the soup and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Serve hot, garnished with the parsley.