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Country vegetable soup

Name: Country vegetable soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 26 min
Total time: 1 h 11 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g Brussels sprouts; 250 g leek; 250 g cauliflower; 250 g Jerusalem artichokes; 1 litre 500 ml vegetable stock; Parsley; Salt; Pepper

In this "country" (paysanne) style soup, the vegetables are left in small pieces, rather than blended.

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Duration

1 hour 15 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: April 2^nd 2014

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 6 people, you will need:

1 250 g Brussels sprouts
2 250 g leek
3 250 g cauliflower
4 250 g Jerusalem artichokes
5 1 litre 500 ml vegetable stock
6 Parsley
7 Salt
8 Pepper
Total weight: 2,500 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

45 min.

Cooking

30 min.

All in all

1 hour 15 min.

Preparation 45 min.

Cooking 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 30 min.

Prepare and chop 250 g leek.

Prepare 250 g cauliflower.

Peel 250 g Brussels sprouts and cut into 4 vertically.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Peel and rinse 250 g Jerusalem artichokes, then cut into small pieces.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Bring 1 litre 500 ml vegetable stock to the boil in a large pan.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Tip in the Jerusalem artichokes and leave to simmer until just tender.

Remove from the stock with a spider, drain and cool under running cold water to stop them cooking any further.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 4 min.

Do the same for the cauliflower...

Stage 6 - ⌛ 9 min.

...the Brussels sprouts, then the leek.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

To finish, return all the vegetable to the stock to reheat for a few minutes. Check the seasoning...

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

...and serve garnished with a little chopped parsley.

Remarks

It is very important not to overcook the leek so that it stays an attractive green colour.

Keeping: 2 or 3 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=10 %	31 g RDI=12 %	18 g RDI=25 %	314 kcal RDI=16 %	1,317 kJ RDI=16 %
Per person	26 g RDI=41 %	131 g RDI=50 %	75 g RDI=103 %	1,310 kcal RDI=66 %	5,488 kJ RDI=66 %
Whole recipe	160 g RDI=246 %	791 g RDI=299 %	451 g RDI=618 %	7,865 kcal RDI=393 %	32,929 kJ RDI=393 %