Peter Vamos "Pumkin and Potato Soup Original Recipe"

Peter Vamos "Pumkin and Potato Soup Original Recipe" and afterwards playing original songs

 

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 leeks, chopped
• 1 small white onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 small carrot, chopped
• 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 medium sugar pumpkin, seeded and cubed
• 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1. Heat oil in a heavy-bottom pot. Add leeks, onion, celery, carrot, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and garlic, and saute until they start to brown.
2. Add bay leaf, stock, and cream; bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until all vegetables are tender.
3. Add sage, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt and pepper to taste. Remove bay leaf, and puree. Serve hot.

 

Christmas Chocolate Yule Log cake

Christmas Chocolate Yule Log cake with Icing and Filling

 

Ingredients

• butter , for greasing
• 5 eggs
• 140g light muscovado sugar
• 100g self-raising flour
• 25g good quality cocoa powder such as Green & Black's or Oxfam Fairtrade
• caster sugar , for dusting

FOR THE ICING AND FILLING

• 285ml/9½fl oz carton double cream
• 450g fondant chocolate , such as Lindt Lindor
• icing sugar , for dusting