Kumara and Bacon Soup

Name: Kumara and Bacon Soup
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 1kg kumara, peeled and diced; 150g bacon, chopped; 1 onion, chopped; 2 cloves garlic; 1L chicken or vegetable stock; 1/2 cup cream

Kūmara Soup/KOO-ma-ra/

Also known as: Kumara Soup

About this dish

A smooth, sweet soup of New Zealand kumara (sweet potato) with smoky bacon and onion.

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Ingredients

🍠1kg kumara, peeled and diced

🥓150g bacon, chopped

🧅1 onion, chopped

🧄2 cloves garlic

🍲1L chicken or vegetable stock

🥛1/2 cup cream

Method

Serves 4

Fry the bacon until crisp; set some aside to garnish.

Soften the onion and garlic in the bacon fat.

Add the kumara and stock and simmer for 20 minutes until soft.

Blend until smooth and stir in the cream.

Season and serve topped with the reserved bacon.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kumara has been grown in New Zealand since Māori brought it from Polynesia, and is now an everyday ingredient in Kiwi home cooking.

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