Spiced Parsnip Spinach Soup with Apple and Turmeric
Soup is such a wonderful thing. This spiced parsnip spinach soup with apple and turmeric is a quick, delicious and nutritious meal. The sweetness from the parsnips, acidity from the apple and earthiness from the spinach give it a particularly tasty and rounded flavour profile. The additional flavour from the spices makes this an ideal winter warmer.
CT gets a bit sniffy about watching endless cookery programmes, although he does cave in for the Great British Bake Off. So when he’s away I take the opportunity and catch up on the odd programme. He’s been away enough over the last couple of months for me to see the entire Simply Nigella series. Her parsnip spinach soup I simply had to try.
Spiced Parsnip Spinach Soup
Parsnip soup is one of my favourites. I like it spiced or with apple, but I’d never thought to use spinach and make it green until I saw Nigella do it. Of course, by the time I got around to making it, I couldn’t remember what ingredients she’d used other than parsnip and spinach. I hunted for the recipe online, but it was not to be found. Fine, I thought, I’ll make an amalgam of my two usual recipes and throw in some spinach for good measure.
I decided I’d test out the soup function of my new ThermoCook whilst I was at it. How incredibly simple. I threw all the ingredients into the ThermoCook, selected the chop function, followed by smoothie followed by the thick soup programme and away it went. Twenty minutes later, I had a tasty hot jug of spiced parsnip spinach soup just waiting to be downed. And it really was very tasty, just right for a chilly wet Cornish winter’s day.
Spiced Parsnip Spinach Soup – The Recipe
- 400 g parsnips - scrubbed topped and tailed
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 cooking apple
- 1 thumb sized bit of root ginger - scrubbed
- 1/2 turmeric rhizome or 1 tsp ground turmeric
- large handful of well washed spinach
- 750 ml water
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp tamari or soy sauce of choice
- 100 ml coconut cream
- Place all ingredients except spinach and coconut cream into a large covered pan.
- Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add the spinach and simmer for a further 5 minutes.
- Add the coconut cream and blitz with a stick blender.
- Place all fruit, veg and roots into the jug and chop for 1 minute.
- Add the remaining ingredients, except coconut and select smoothie.
- Select thick soup and cook for 20 minutes.
- Add the coconut cream and stir at speed 3 for 10 seconds.
Linkies
I’m sending this spiced parsnip spinach soup off to No Croutons Required with Lisa’s Kitchen and Tinned Tomatoes.
Other parsnip soup recipes you might like
- Parsnip and kale soup via Planet Veggie
- Apple parsnip soup via Tin and Thyme
- Curried parsnip and potato soup via From Plate to Pen
- Parsnip carrot and lentil soup via Tinned Tomatoes
- Parsnip soup with pears, ginger and coconut via Family Food Friends
- Roast apple, parsnip and cheddar soup – via Belleau Kitchen
- Slow cooker cumin apple parsnip soup via Baking Queen
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Cathy @ Planet Veggie
19th January 2016 at 1:57 pmAlthough I’m not keen on roasted parsnips, I love spicy parsnip soup and I love the sound of adding spinach and coconut cream. Yum.
Choclette
19th January 2016 at 3:56 pmI never feel quite right if I haven’t had some greens during the day Cathy, so this is a great way to make sure I do 🙂
Dom
19th January 2016 at 2:55 pmthis looks fabulous! I love the addition of spinach too. My apple and parsnip soup (thanks for the link) was very popular and got so much traffic which is odd for such a simple food. It is soup month though and always nice to see so many recipes. I could do with a bowl of yours now please. PLEASE!
Choclette
19th January 2016 at 4:00 pmIs it soup month? I must have missed that, or seen it and forgotten, which is even more likely!!! Always love your soups Dom. Of course you can have a bowl 🙂
Sarah
19th January 2016 at 3:10 pmLove the colour! I don’t think I’ve ever added spinach to soup before and I love spinach. Pinned and rated. 🙂
Choclette
19th January 2016 at 4:02 pmI’m with you on the colour Sarah. There’s something I find quite appealing about green soups. Thanks for pinning and rating 🙂
Angie@Angie's Recipes
19th January 2016 at 4:16 pmI had some parsnip soup with curry for the lunch too. I like the add of apples in this soup..yum!
Choclette
19th January 2016 at 7:17 pmParsnip and apple soup is one of my favourites Angie, though this one was pretty good too 😉
Laura@howtocookgoodfood
19th January 2016 at 10:06 pmI love the flavours you have used here and have just posted a soup wthat combines veg with fruit too, I love this combo as much as you!
Choclette
20th January 2016 at 9:03 amWe’re big soup fans, but we tend to just chuck in whatever we have to hand, so it’s always different. Sometimes it’s nice to have something a bit more specific.
Phil in the Kitchen
19th January 2016 at 11:30 pmParsnip makes such a fine soup for these winter days and I’m all for adding some extra healthy veg. Parsnips and Indian-style spices is such a perfect combination but I don’t think that anyone thought of it before Jane Grigson in the 1970s. What did we do with parsnip soup before that I wonder?
Choclette
20th January 2016 at 9:05 amGood point Phil. It must have been the 70s when spices really took off in this country. It’s hard to imagine cooking without them now.
manu
20th January 2016 at 8:26 amI love parsnips. They’re perfect for a soup.
Never tasted with spinach; I’ll give it a go!
xox
Choclette
20th January 2016 at 9:07 amSpinach was a good addition I found Manu and I’ll use it again.
Janice
20th January 2016 at 9:44 pmGreat recipe for the ThermoCook. I put spinach in as many dishes as I can, I love it!
Choclette
21st January 2016 at 9:04 amThanks Janice. We tend to use chard mostly as it grows so easily, but spinach makes a nice change.
Kate | The Veg Space
21st January 2016 at 10:39 amWhat gorgeous colour Choclette! I bet this is super-tasty, I love parsnip with warm spices like turmeric, ginger and garam masala. Will bookmark this to try in my ThermoCook very soon!
Choclette
23rd January 2016 at 7:40 pmYes spicy parsnip soup is a firm favourite with me too Kate.
davina goldammer
21st January 2016 at 10:48 amI am really into turmeric so I can not wait to try this soup out! what a great healthy option!
Choclette
23rd January 2016 at 7:40 pmTurmeric is such a great spice, I like the flavour and the colour and as an added bonus, you get health benefits – win, win, win.
Elizabeth
21st January 2016 at 12:48 pmI keep seeing recipes using turmeric root – I wish we could get that up here, but even using dried I bet this soup is AMAZING! Perfect for the cold we’re having!
Choclette
23rd January 2016 at 7:32 pmThanks Elizabeth. Turmeric isn’t that easy to find down here either, so if I do happen to come across any, I buy quite a bit. It generally lasts quite a long time if you keep it in the cool.
Jeanne Horak-Druiff
21st January 2016 at 4:59 pmI never really know where I stand on parsnips… I didn’t grow up eating them and I think I had my first one when I moved to the UK! Like the sound of this soup’s flavours though – especially the turmeric (going through a bit of a turmeric phase right now!)
Choclette
23rd January 2016 at 7:31 pmYes I guess parsnips must have seemed rather strange when you first tried them Jeanne – hadn’t thought of them as a novel crop. I’ve noticed everyone seems to be into turmeric at the moment. I love the flavour and health benefits of course, but really I just love the wonderful colour it gives.
Kate - gluten free alchemist
21st January 2016 at 10:58 pmA beautiful vibrant bowl Choclette. The combination of ingredients sounds so good! Really love the use of fresh turmeric and ginger……. all sounds very exotic and delicious!
Choclette
23rd January 2016 at 7:26 pmYou’ve made me see the soup with new eyes now Kate. Exotic? Well!
Lisa
29th January 2016 at 9:11 pmGreat blend of flavours here. Parsnips are a wonderful addition to soup and I like that you added spinach too and a bit of spice. Thanks so much for sharing with NCR.
Choclette
29th January 2016 at 9:18 pmThanks Lisa, I was really pleased with the spinach addition.
Janie
1st February 2016 at 11:35 amI’m feeling all very sorry for myself today and am working from the sofa with the woodburner roaring and cat purring. Now, I’m not after any sympathy, but if you happened to be passing and fancied dropping me in a big bowl of this soup, I wouldn’t say no 😀
Janie x
Choclette
1st February 2016 at 2:04 pmOh dear, sorry to hear that Janie. Sounds like a fab idea though – if only work didn’t get in the way!
Jan
5th February 2016 at 10:55 amOooh what a lovely combo Choclette!
Choclette
6th February 2016 at 8:45 amThanks Jan, adding spinach is not something I would have thought of, but it’s a good addition.
Jacqueline Meldrum
17th February 2016 at 11:17 pmFabulous flavours Choclette. Love it! Tweeted, stumbled and yummed.
Choclette
18th February 2016 at 8:23 pmThanks Jac, the spinach made it feel so much healthier somehow.