Watercress soup with chorizo & crème fraîche
4
Points®
Total time: 30 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 20 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
This vibrant green watercress soup is spring in a bowl, and a scattering of flavour-packed chorizo gives it an extra kick
Ingredients
Calorie controlled cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Onion
1 large
Garlic
1 clove(s)
Black pepper
½ teaspoon(s)
Potatoes, Raw
700 g
Chicken stock cube(s)
1 cube(s)
Chorizo Sausage
60 g
Watercress
100 g
Half Fat Crème Frâiche
80 g
Instructions
1
Mist a large saucepan with cooking spray and fry the onion for over a low-medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and white pepper and fry for another minute. Add the potatoes and stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes until the potatoes are soft.
2
Meanwhile, fry the chorizo in a frying pan over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes until crisp. Transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon.
3
Stir the watercress into the soup (reserve a little to garnish) and cook for 2-3 minutes until wilted. Season to taste. Blend until smooth with a stick blender.
4
Divide the soup among 4 bowls. Swirl in the crème fraiche and scatter over the chorizo and reserved watercress.
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