Smooth mixed vegetable soup
Any vegetables you have, cut into small pieces, mixed with a shallot cooked in butter, cooked together then blended. Even better when it's cold outside.
211,1574.5/5 for 38 ratings
Last modified on: January 3rd 2014
For 6 people, you will need:
- 1
3 carrots - 2
3 potatoes - 3
3 turnips - 4
½ green cabbage - 5
2 leeks - 6
1 shallot - 7
30 g butter - 8
salt - 9
pepper - Total weight: 2,285 grams
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Time required
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 36 min. | 27 min. | 2 hours 3 min. |
Keeping:
Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.At what time?
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 30 min.
Stage 2 - 30 min.
Prepare ½ green cabbage, raw.
Stage 3 - 20 min.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Wash and mince finely 1 shallot.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
In a big pan on medium fire, make melt 30 g butter and add shallot, salt and pepper.
Make cook without coloration 1 or 2 minutes.
Make cook without coloration 1 or 2 minutes.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Add all vegetables and stir carefully, to well mix buttered shallot.
Note that is the secret of tasty soups, this mix will give them more taste and flavor than a simple water+vegetables soup.
Note that is the secret of tasty soups, this mix will give them more taste and flavor than a simple water+vegetables soup.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Add enough water to cover all, plus about 1 inch high.
Salt again.
Salt again.
Stage 8 - 25 min.
Make cook for about 25 minutes, covered, until vegetables are cooked and soft.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Blend all, and check seasoning.
Stage 10 - 3 min.
Serve if possible with some parsley, pepper on the table, and for the most greedy people around the table, some crème fraiche and butter.
Remarks
If you don't have these particular vegetables, use whatever you have. Try at least to include a chopped shallot.
Don't hesitate to make a lot at once, as soup keeps well in the fridge or freezer.
Don't hesitate to make a lot at once, as soup keeps well in the fridge or freezer.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 3.53 €
- Per person : 0.59 €
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Colcannon, How to fry eggs well, Marchand de vin sauce, Harvest Gratin, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, ... All |
| Turnip: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Roast pork with sage, cooked in a bag., Turnip and sesame puree (tahina) soup, Hotpot my grandmother's way , The total turnip, Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, ... All |
| Carrot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sautéed Pork with Peanuts, How to prepare carrots, Coleslaw, Sausage and lentils "en cocotte", Chorba, ... All |
| Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potato wallets, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Leek and potato soup, Endives "bonne femme", Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, ... All |
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