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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal219
  • fat3g
    low
  • saturates1g
  • carbs34g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre12g
  • protein16g
  • salt3.61g
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Method

  • step 1

    Tip the canned tomatoes into a saucepan along with the stock, bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and throw in the carrots. Gently simmer the soup until the carrots are cooked, about 20-30 minutes.

  • step 2

    Stir in the pulses and spinach and heat until the spinach has wilted. Spoon in the pesto and gently mix into the soup. Serve with some crusty bread.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2004

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A star rating of 3.8 out of 5.30 ratings

archiealt04703

question

How long does this really take

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. This can be cooked in the time shown above (just slice your carrots thinly). However if you like you can continue cooking it for longer, until the sauce is thick and reduced down further. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

coramsfield

Takes more than 20 minutes to cook the carrot. Otherwise my go to veg soup. I think the red pepper pesto in the soup is brilliant.

tonkei

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Unlike some I thought this worked rather well, although the photo shows a version that was either reduced a lot, or used a lot less stock. With the ratios in the recipe, there's enough for six or seven servings. I do think I'll reduce the ratios next time, or take a lot longer than 20 minutes…

monkeyb0b

Really not a great recipe this. Far too much liquid in the standard recipe and fairly dull flavour wise. As per others I used just under half of the stock but added a small amount of chilli, some moroccan spice and seasoning. Also took a lot longer than 20 mins to get it all cooked properly. I'd…

warnerr19

Having read some of the other comments on here first, I made a few alterations to the recipe and it was really tasty. It also made enough for 5 lunches which was perfect. As others have suggested, I only used 1 litre of stock- this seemed plenty. I then substituted one of the carrots for a potato…

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