My Latest Soup Invention

Ok, so M and I went shopping about a week ago and got some fennel and daikon to try out in our cooking. We also got some carrots and onions, some of which were used in my attempt to repeat the Stoup (not to great success), but some of which still needed to be used. Also left-over from the last soup, some celery. So, we had a fairly large supply of veggies that needed to be used. Thus was born my latest soup invention:

- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large pot.
- Add 1 and a half chopped medium onions, three chopped medium/large carrots, 1 chopped fennel bulb (plus the stems), and 1 chopped medium daikon.
- Add the following spices:
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander seed
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon comino cumin seed
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- a pinch of crushed bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic cubes
- fresh ground pepper to taste
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- Cook on high heat for about 5 minutes.
- Remove the cinnamon sticks.
- Add 4 cups chicken broth (or vegetable broth), 28 oz diced tomatoes, 1 small can tomato paste, ~3 tablespoons ketchup, 1 and a half cups of dried lentils, and 1 cup of fusilli pasta.
- Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30-40 minutes, or until daikon is tender.

That's the soup, it's cooling a little now, we'll see how it turns out.........

:-)