Spicy Sweet Potato Soup

From: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/recipe-detail/3894/
Serves 6.

Ingredients

• 1 kg sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into ~2 cm chunks
• 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
• 1 large carrot, peeled and chopped
• 0.25 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1.5 tsp chilli flakes
• 3 bay leaves
• 1.5 litres vegetable stock
• juice and zest of one orange
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• ~1 tsp salt
• black pepper
• olive oil

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200 C.
2. Place the sweet potato chunks into a roasting tin, drizzle with olive oil and cook for 30 minutes.
   
3. In a large saucepan, cook the chopped onion and carrot in olive oil for 5 to 10 minutes, until the onion is translucent but not brown.
   
4. Add the cinnamon, oregano, thyme, chilli flakes and bay leaves to the saucepan and stir for a few minutes.
5. Add the stock, orange juice & zest, tomato purée and the roasted sweet potatoes to the saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes.
6. Remove the pan from the heat, remove the bay leaves and laddle the remaining mixture into a blender, in batches if necessary; blend throughly.
7. Add salt and pepper, checking for taste as you do so.