Sweet Potato & Barley Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons ginger root (fresh and finely grated)
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 800 grams sweet potato (peeled and cut into 2 cm slices)
• 2 carrots, finely chopped
• 2 celery sticks. chopped
• 1 1/2 litres vegetable stock (6 cups)
• 150 grams dry cup pearl barley, rinsed (3/4 cup specified)
• 1 dried bay leaf
• salt, to taste
• cracked black pepper, to taste
• 800 grams silverbeet, trimmed and washed and leaves removed (1 bunch)
• wholemeal bread rolls with grains, to serve