Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
1 onion, chopped
3 tomatoes, roughly chopped
300 gm cooked beetroot
2 oranges, juiced
1 litre water or home-made vegetable stock
salt to taste
Beetroot Salsa
1 tsp olive oil
100 gm cooked beetroot
1 tomato, finely chopped
2 spring onions, thinly sliced
Beetroot And Orange Soup
Groundnut Oil Method:
1. Heat the olive oil. Add the carrots, onions and sauté them lightly but not browned.
2. Add the tomatoes to the pan with the beetroot and cook for about 3 minutes. Add the vegetable stock and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 25 minutes until the vegetables are tender. Add the salt.
3. For the salsa combine the all the ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
4. Remove the soup from the heat, blend with a hand blender until completely smooth. Stir in the orange juice and a little more stock if too thick.
5. Serve the soup topped with the beetroot salsa.