Simple Vegetable Soup

[Starters] 

  45g/1½oz butter

225g/8oz onions, chopped

450g/1lb carrots, chopped

110g/4oz celery, chopped

225g/8oz potatoes, chopped

860ml/1½ pints water

salt and freshly ground black pepper

425ml/¾ pint milk

1.      Melt the butter in a large pan with 2 tablespoons water. Add onions, carrots and celery, stir and cover with a lid. cook over a slow heat until soft but not coloured, stirring occasionally (about 45 minutes)

2.      Add the potatoes and water. Season with salt and pepper and simmer without the lid for 15 minutes

3.      Liquidize the soup in a food processor or blender with the milk and sieve

4.    Pour into the rinsed out pan, season to taste and reheat. Add water if the soup is too thick.