Marrow soup

Make marrow the star of the show in this filling soup. Made with butter beans, coconut milk and curry powder, it has a delicate spiced flavour

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 onions, roughly chopped
• 250 g potatoes, roughly chopped
• 1 marrow (about 750g), peeled, deseeded and roughly chopped (see tip, below)
• 1 -2 tbsp curry powder, to taste
• 500 ml vegetable or chicken stock
• 400 g can butter beans, drained
• 400 ml can light coconut milk
• small handful of coriander leaves

Steps

1. Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat and fry the onions with a pinch of salt for 6-8 mins until soft. Add the potatoes and cook for 2 mins more, then tip in the marrow and curry powder. Cook for 1 min. Pour in the stock, butter beans and most of the coconut milk (reserve a few tablespoons). Bring the mixture to the boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 mins until all the vegetables are tender.
2. Remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly, then transfer the mixture to a blender and blitz until smooth. Return the soup to the pan and warm through over a low heat, then spoon into bowls. Drizzle with the reserved coconut milk and scatter with the coriander.