Spinach Soup

Ingredients for Spinach Soup:

Spinach, chopped 3 cups
Spinach leaves 15 – 20
Onions, chopped 2 medium
Oil 1 tbsp
Bay leaf 1
Black peppercorns 7 – 8
Garlic, chopped 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Crushed black peppercorns ½ tsp
Vegetable stock 1 ½ cups
Milk 1 ½ cups
Mascarpone or cream cheese 4 tbsp

Method

Heat oil, add bay leaf, black peppercorns, onions and garlic and sauté.
Add spinach, salt, crushed black peppercorns and sauté till onion and spinach become soft.
Cool and grind with vegetable stock till smooth. 

Pour it back into the pan. 

Keep the remaining spinach leaves one on top of the other and shred finely.
Heat oil in another pan. 

Add shredded spinach and deep fry till crisp.
Drain. Add milk to the soup and mix well. 

For each portion shape 1 tbsp mascarpone cheese into a quennel using two tablespoons.
Pour soup into serving bowls, place the cheese quennel in the centre, place the fried spinach over the cheese and serve hot.

Spinach Soup by Zarnak Sidhwa

Zarnak's wardrobe for this episode was sponsored by Flairs by Naureen Fayyaz