Dinner tonight

[karohemd]

Spicy marrow soup with runner beans and mushrooms.

Ingredients:
One marrow
onions, garlic
runner beans, chunked, boiled or steamed
half a pint of veg (or chicken) stock
tomato puree
chestnut mushrooms
creme fraiche

Method:
In a nice big pot, sweat off some coarsely chopped onions and garlic in plenty of olive oil, then add the peeled and chunked marrow and sweat off that too. Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and pimenton (Spanish smoked paprika, a heaped tsp of sweet and just under tsp of hot), put on the lid and let cook some more. Add the beans and stock and let simmer for about 10 mins. Blitz it all up with a stick blender, adjust the seasoning, add a dollop of tomato puree to give it some more colour, add the sliced mushrooms and cook for a bit until they are done. Turn out in bowls, stir in a dollop of creme fraiche and garnish with sliced mushrooms. As an afterthought, some fresh coriander would be wonderful with this but I didn't have any. Serve with some nice bread.

Comments

[whethergal.livejournal.com]

Looks utterly fab, but I have just one teeensy question...

What's a marrow? Other than what's inside a bone, I mean.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

A type of (summer) squash (large variety of zucchini, basically)
Mine looked pretty much like this (http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/633/1.html) (about 30cm long, 10cm thick). The flesh is whiteish and it has a stringy/seedy center you need to scoop out.

Ooooooh...

[whethergal.livejournal.com]

NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM!!!!!!!!!!

Will have to see if I can find me summat. I love squash!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

That sounds great! I ended up making chutney out of our big marrow, but if we get another one I'll try this.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Glad to be of help. :o)