Mulled wine soup

Ingredients

• 2 red onion
• 2 beetroot, cooked
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 parsnip, diced
• 1 pear, diced
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 sprig of tyme
• 1 vegetable stock, dissolved
• 150ml mulled wine
• Handful cranberries
• Handful macadamia nuts
• 1 bowl crème fraîche
• Salt to taste

Directions

1. Fry the onions gently in the butter over a medium heat.
2. After 5 minutes add the peeled and diced carrots, parsnips, beetroot & thyme and continue to cook for another 5 minutes.
3. Add the pear, stock & mulled wine.
4. Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
5. Once the veggies are tender, blend till smooth & season.
6. Serve in warm bowls with a spoonful of crème fraîche and a scattering of the cranberry and macadamia mix.

Recipe courtesy of LIDL Ireland.