Spicy Miso Carrot Soup

Heat your oven to 200°C / 180°C fan.

Peel and cut the carrots into 1cm slices, reserving the peels. Cut the onion into eighths. Smash the garlic cloves. Thinly slice the ginger. Roughly chop the red chilli.

Place the carrot peels in a small roasting tin. Season with salt and pepper, drizzle with vegetable oil and toss to coat. Roast for 10 mins or until crisp.

Place the remaining veg in a large roasting tin. Season with salt and pepper, drizzle with vegetable oil and toss to coat. Roast for 35 mins, or until the carrots are tender.

Onto the chilli ginger oil. Slice the ginger into small matchsticks and thinly slice the red chilli.

Heat the vegetable oil in a small saucepan. Add the ginger and chilli and cook for 1 minute, then add the mixed seeds and cook for a further minute. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, then set aside to cool.

Transfer the contents of the roasting tin to a blender. Add the white miso paste and vegetable stock and blitz until smooth. Pour into a saucepan and simmer over medium heat for 5 mins. Taste and adjust the salt level, to your liking.

Divide the soup between bowls. Top with a handful of crispy carrot peels and spring onions and finish with a spoonful or two of the chilli ginger oil, the tuck in and enjoy.