Fennel and apple soup

THIS was a soup they always used to serve at the original FX Mayr clinic in Dellach, Austria. It was used with a stale spelt roll to practice chewing – 30 times.

It is quick and easy although better if you some vegetable stock. Mix it half and half with apple juice to poach the onions, a potato and fennel and add a splash of cream at the end – about 15 minutes. Liquidise.

The whole apple is diced for decoration along with the fennel fronds. At the clinic they used this recipe to teach Mindfulness and an awareness of what you are eating.