Soups of the week - Aztec Black Bean & Sweet and Spicy Mexican Squash

This week's soups are pretty much as written in Thomasina Miers book  so I won't write the recipes out but they are lovely, especially the Aztec Black Bean.

Sweet and Spicy Squash soup

 Almost exactly as the recipe instructs minus the chickpeas, as I didn't have any. An I garnished with feta & sev mamra (kind of like bombay mix). And this may sound silly but it really is sweet and spicy.

Aztec Black Bean Soup

As Thomasina's recipe but I substituted chipotle paste with smoked chipotle ketchup. This is really lovely. Really like the flavour created by blackening the garlic clove and tomatoes (both skin on) in a dry pan first. Served with yoghurt, dry fried tortilla strips and coriander.