A Wild Thyme soup (Think of this a erotic short story vs OnlyFans)
A Wild Thyme soup (Think of this a erotic short story vs OnlyFans)
A Wild Thyme:
- About 1.5 kg wild Venison mince - best if you have harvested your self or if it is pest control from kiwi conservation area.
- some 2 onions, diced
- 3, 4 or 5 cloves of garlic (maybe more) - If you have access to wild garlic all the better.
- Carrots - yeah about that many looks about right, best harvested from your own garden.
- Bay Laurel leaves - just a couple from in the garden.
- A sprig of wild Thyme - not too much (may require a trip to Gibbston in the Queenstown Lakes).
- Wild kawakawa - a good 4 or 6 leaves. Take one of the kids out to the local state forest park to harvest these.
- Fresh water from an alpine stream (or just the tap).
- Mead, I used Rewarewa mead (honey wine) to add a but of that special flavour.
- 50 odd grams of home made butter, fresh from the cow - or corner store
Sweat off the onions in a good amount of butter - like a french onion soup Brown off the venison mince with
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butter that you have beaten by hand.Throw in the carrots (cut to 5mm cubes) and brown them a little.When carrots have started to brown a little chuck in the garlic - smashed/crushed.Add some water - yeah that amount will do.Chuck in the Bay and Thyme leaves (be careful of the wild thyme - this stuff is much stronger than your garden varietySimmer for an hour or so, what ever...Add the kawakawa shortly before serving - this is a very aromatic herb that is both fruity and slightly peppery.Salt and pepper to taste.Back story:Each year a group of friends get to gether and have a soup off - each family bring along a big pot of soup and then we have a vote off to find a winner.
This year the above soup came in 4th out of 10. The people that liked it loved it - the kids (yes they get equal votes) mostly didn't like the complex flavours of of the wild thyme and kawakawa--