If you have never been, you really must go, particularly if you are a "foodie" as we are. Just a word of caution - try to go on a Friday afternoon, because the Saturday crowds can be overwhelming. If you choose a Saturday, go early. By lunchtime it is hard to move from one stall to another! Accessibility by tube is really easy with London Bridge station at the doorstep to the market. For more information on Borough Market, here’s the link.
Here is one of my favourite wintertime recipes for those cold, wintery evenings. I call it Vegetable Heartsaver Soup because it is very healthy, very delicious, very easy, and low in fat!
Vegetable Heartsaver Soup – serves 6
Ingredients:
80 oz of vegetable or chicken stock, use cubes for ease
1/2 cup of smoked bacon lardons
2 - 3 tbsp olive oil or rapeseed oil
1 large onion, cut into manageable pieces
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 tin of plum tomatoes with juice
1 large parsnip cut into slices
2 large carrots cut into slices
2 small or one larger zucchini cut into slices
1 good handful of wild mushrooms or chestnut mushrooms, sliced (optional)
1 good handful of topped green beans
1 large or 2 medium potatoes cut into chunks
1 small - medium celeriac, peeled and cut into chunks (optional)
small jar of pesto
Method:
Slowly sauté the lardons in oil, along with the onions and cabbage. If using mushrooms, sauté them separately in small pan and a little oil until very lightly browned, about 10 minutes then set aside. Add stock, tomatoes and juice, carrots, parsnip, potatoes, celeriac if using and cook for about 25 minutes slowly. Add potatoes, green beans and zucchini and cook another 25 minutes or so. Add mushrooms if using at the end. Before serving, add 2 - 3 tbsp of pesto to soup and stir. When ladling into dishes, you can put a tsp of pesto into the bottom of each bowl.
Enjoy! Any questions - you can give me a call. And I’ll look forward to seeing you at the next Culinary Corner!
Posted by Anne Van Giesen.
