Recipe: Country Soup (Soupa Horiatiki)

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Description/Notes:

A nourishing and wholesome Mediterranean soup that, served with fresh crusty bread, is a meal in itself

Ingredients:

3 medium potatoes, diced

3 medium carrots, scraped and diced

3 medium courgettes(zucchinis), diced

3 onions, finely chopped

2 leeks, sliced

3 ripe tomatoes, sliced

8oz. bacon, roughly cut

one and a half teacups of olive oil

beef stock or a bouillon cube

salt and pepper

lemon juice

Cooking Instructions:

1. Sauté the onions in the olive oil until they become transparent
2. Add the vegetables, bacon and beefstock or bouillon cube and season to taste
3. Bring to the boil and cook on a medium heat for about an hour
4. Serve the soup warm with dashes of lemon juice