The perfect alternative winter soup full of flavor and nutrients.
                          
                      
                      Main INGREDIENTS
                                     
                                         - Vegetables
 
        Ingredients
    
    
        Method
    
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
 - 2 small onions (red or white), peeled and diced
 - 4cm ginger, peeled and grated
 - 1kg brussels sprouts, washed and halved
 - 2 tablespoons medium curry powder
 - 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste, optional
 - Salt and freshly ground black pepper
 - 1 litre hot vegetable or chicken stock
 - 1 can (400ml) coconut milk
 - ½ lemon, juice
 - 1 tablespoon butter
 
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Method
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                                1Heat the coconut oil in the soup pot over a medium heat and soften the onions for 10 minutes, do not let them brown. Add the ginger, brussels sprouts, curry powder and Thai red curry paste (optional) and cook for 1 minute. Then season with salt and pepper before pouring in the hot stock.
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                                2Bring everything to the boil and cook in the soup pot with the lid on for roughly 10 minutes. Take a few brussels sprouts out of the soup pot and set aside.
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                                3Add the coconut milk to the soup pot. Cook on a medium heat for another 20 minutes, or until the brussels sprouts are soft.
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                                4Blend to a smooth soup and add the juice of half a lemon.
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                                5Meanwhile, peel the leaves from the reserved brussels sprouts and roast them in a pan with the butter. Scatter over the soup to serve.
 
                                 The coconut oil can be substituted for butter, in which case heat over a low heat to avoid burning the butter and onions and add 5 minutes to the cooking time.