Bread and Soup
Our first morning was spent making bread and soup. Soup is an essential; it can be made from just about anything and is capable of infinite variety. Not only that but it is satisfying, warming, homely and delicious (if made right of course).
The bread dough was made and put aside to prove first. Then knives were sharpened, warnings given and evryone got to do plenty of chopping practice. David was surprised, nay astonished because no one cut themselves, and he usually does.
Holly did a little demonstrating, but mostly the group worked in three teams to produce three soups. Hedre we see one of them being “whizzed2 with a hand blender.
And here we see the finished goods. The bright ornage one is Lucy and Hatties’ Spiced Lentil. The chunky one is Tom and Eleanors’ Minestrone with Pesto (well garlicky pesto) and the yellowy one is Harry and Charles’ Carrot and Coriander. The bread is a ciabatta made by Harry and Charles which started as the sloppiest dough ever, very difficult to work with but worth it for the excellent result.
