Chestnut And Chorizo Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, chopped
400 g chopped tomatoes
200 g peeled chestnuts, roughly chopped
1 liter chicken stock
100 g chorizo sausage, chopped into small pieces
chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan and add the onion and garlic and saute for 4-5 minutes, until soft.
Add the tomatoes and simmer for five minutes.
then add the chestnuts and simmer for a further three minutes.
Add the stock, bring to the boil and simmer until everything is tender.
Allow the soup to cool a little, then liquidise it in batches.
Return the soup to the pan, add the chorizo and simmer for a few minutes, or until hot.
Serve with the parsley as garnish.