Cumin Spiced Parsnip Soup from Le Caprice by AA Gill and Mark Hix

Ingredients

• 60 g butter
• 1 medium onion, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 leek, trimmed, washed and roughly chopped
• 1 kg parsnips, peeled and roughly chopped
• 10 g coriander, finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
• 2 tsps ground cumin
• 5 g thyme
• 40 g root ginger, scraped and finely chopped
• salt and freshly ground white pepper
• 3 ltrs Vegetable Stock
• 60 ml double cream