Chestnut Chorizo Soup

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons oil
• 1 large Spanish onion, diced
• 1 medium carrot, diced
• 1 celery stick, diced
• 1 gram 120 (4 oz) mild chorizo cut into cm cubes
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves (I use 1 teaspoon of dried sometimes)
• 2 smalls dried red chillies, crushed (I omit these because of the kids)
• 1 can of chopped tomatoes (or 2 roughly chopped fresh tomatoes)
• 500 grams (about a pound) cooked, peeled chestnuts (although you can get them fresh here, I usually use vacuum packed because I detest pee
• 4 tablespoons 20 saffron threads infused in 3- boiling water
• 1 liter (about 2 cups) of water
• sea salt and pepper to taste

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