Bushbox with Chip Rim
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TypeStarter
Serves4 people
DateNovember 12, 2026
Warm soup in a bread bowl with a chip rim, like a bushbox by a creek: comfort from the Australian wilderness.
A warm, comforting soup served in a bread bowl, with a rim of chips as a nod to the survival story. The bread bowl stands for the found tackle box, the chips for the boy’s rations. On the plate, the bread bowl sits by a ‘creek’ of parsley oil.
Ingredients
- 4 small round bread rolls (hard, such as Kaiser rolls)
- 1 liter vegetable stock
- 2 large potatoes
- 2 leeks
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 100 ml heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 bag plain potato chips (125 g)
- handful fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
- salt and pepper
Method
- Peel the potatoes and cut into small cubes.
- Slice leeks into rings, finely chop onion and garlic.
- Heat olive oil in a pan, sauté onion and garlic for 2 minutes.
- Add leek and potato, cook for 3 more minutes.
- Add stock, bring to a boil, and simmer for 15 minutes until vegetables are soft.
- Blend the soup with a stick blender. Stir in the cream, season with salt and pepper.
- Cut the tops off the rolls, hollow them out to make bread bowls.
- Blend parsley with sunflower oil to make a green oil.
- Fill bread bowls with soup. Press chips around the rim of the bread.
- Drizzle a streak of parsley oil next to the bread bowl as a ‘creek’.
- Serve immediately.
Serving notes
- Serve on deep plates so the oil runs nicely.
- Offer extra chips on the side for those who want more.
- Place the bread tops loose on the plate as a ‘rock wall’.
- Garnish with extra parsley for freshness.