Soup Recipes > Apple and Wine Soup

How to make apple and wine soup:
A refreshingly tart soup perfect as a starter for a rich meal.





Ingredients

3 tablespoons sugar
1 pint water
6 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped
2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
1 cinnamon stick
pared rind 1 lemon
juice 2 lemons
3/4 pint dry red wine
3 tablespoons redcurrant jelly
4 tablespoons natural yogurt
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Method

- Put the sugar and water in a saucepan.
- Bring to the boil and add the apples, breadcrumbs, cinnamon and lemon rind.
- Simmer, stirring, for 10 minutes until the apples are soft.
- Remove the cinnamon stick and lemon rind.
- Puree the apple mixture in a blender.
- Return the mixture to the pan, add the lemon juice, wine and redcurrant jelly and simmer gently, stirring until the jelly dissolves and the soup is warmed through.
- Pour the soup into warmed soup bowls and swirl a spoonful of yogurt into each one.