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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.

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Last modified on: January 3^rd 2014

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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 for this recipe:

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1 hour 36 min.	27 min.	2 hours 3 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Peel and wash 3 carrots, 3 potatoes and 3 turnips.

Cut all in small pieces, or fine slices.

If you have a mandolin, it's very useful, and in that case make small sticks.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Prepare ½ green cabbage, raw.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

Clean and mince 2 leeks.

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.

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.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Add enough water to cover all, plus about 1 inch high.

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.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,112 Kcal or 4,656 Kj	26 gr	191 gr	26 gr
56 %	10 %	18 %	4 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
49 Kcal or 205 Kj	1 gr	8 gr	1 gr
2 %	<1 %	1 %	<1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
185 Kcal or 775 Kj	4 gr	32 gr	4 gr
9 %	2 %	3 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 3.49 €
Per person : 0.58 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs Benedict , White bean gratin "à l'italienne", French onion soup, Boulangère potatoes, Smart plum tart, ... All
	Carrot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vegetable stock, Hotpot my grandmother's way , Chinese Soup, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Winegrowers' sausage casserole, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin Comtois, Potatoes with prawns, Mushroom velouté, Potato wallets, Bourguignon potatoes , ... All
	Turnip: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Creamy risotto with vegetables , Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, Thaï rice with small vegetables, Stock-pot fish , Breton style shellfish and vegetable soup, ... All

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