One of the best things about building up your own herb garden is that not only do the plants themselves add colour and texture to your garden, you also have fresh herbs on tap for your kitchen.
Here are some of our favourite recipes using the most popular culinary herbs. We will be adding more over the coming months, so please bookmark our website and visit again soon.
Parsnip and sage soup
Ingredients
25g butter or rape seed oil
700g peeled parsnips roughly chopped
1 cooking apple peeled and roughly chopped
2 pints of vegetable stock
4 sage leaves
2 cloves
sprig of thyme
Method
Melt butter/oil in a large saucepan, add the parsnips and apple and cook gently for minutes, stirring occasionally.
Pour in the stock and add cloves and thyme and sage. Bring to the boil and cover, simmer for 30 minutes or until parsnips are soft.
Remove the sage leaves and cloves, leave the soup to cool and then puree in a blender or food processor. Add seasoning after reheating.
This quantity will serve 6 people
