Chorba Fassia

Description
This is a vegetable based soup out of Fes City. Autentically Moroccan, it gives you a real taste of Africa.



Ingredients

 * 250g calf meat
 * 2 carots
 * 2 turnips
 * 2 potatoes
 * 2 celery sticks
 * 3 tomatoes
 * parsley
 * 1/2 cup vermecilli
 * 1 tablespoon oil
 * 1 teaspoon pepper
 * pinch saffron

Directions
Peel the vegetables and dice them. Put them in a large pan with the meat, which also needs to be cut into small cubes. Add the parsley, onion, oil, salt, pepper and saffon and stir.

Add 2 litres of water and bring the mixture to the boil.

Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for a few seconds and then peel them carefully. Put them in a bowl and mash with a fork before adding to the soup. Leave the pan on a medium heat for about 60 minutes. Make sure it is covered for the best results.

With about 10 minutes to go, add the vermicelli, stir once and cover.

Serve immediately.

This serves 6