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spice blend for a fantastic root vegetable soup

Add a wonderful depth of flavour and warming fragrance to a simple vegetable soup with this blend full of toasted coriander, cumin, cinnamon and a pinch of Moroccan Ras el Hanout. The spices add a gentle warming background flavour with very little heat so can be used with all kinds of root vegetables to make a real family-friendly meal.

Simply fry an onion, leek and a couple of cloves of garlic in butter until softened. Add diced root vegetables for 4, 1 tbsp of this spice blend, 1tsp of salt and 800ml of water to cover. Bring to the boil then simmer until cooked through. Blend until smooth and add a splash of milk or cream. Serve with lots of crusty bread and an extra sprinkle of the spices on top.

Serves 4

ingredients: toasted ground coriander, toasted
ground cumin, toasted ground cinnamon, toasted
black pepper, ginger, ras el hanout.