Friday, 23 March 2012

Really Rustic Vegetable soup!





This is a wonderfully rustic chunky soup with a thin incredibly rich broth. The flavours are so balanced and so savoury that I am already looking forward to my next bowl of it. Definitely a keeper! The perfect soup for a loaf of really rustic bread to sop up the last drops.

That's what we're doing tonight for dinner. Soup with rustic bread. And we're chasing it with a bowl of ice cream. Just sayin'. 


ingredients:

2 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil -- this is a loose guideline
1 1/2 cups chopped red onion
1 tsp dried granulated garlic
1 lb chopped roma tomatoes

1 tbsp marjoram
1 tbsp oregano
1/4 cup finely crumbled dried mushrooms

4 cups cooked chickpeas
2 cups coarsely chopped celery
2 cups coarsely chopped carrots -- sliced really, into large medallions
2 cups chopped parsnips -- likewise sliced into large medallions
1/2 head chopped green cabbage -- very coarsely chopped

1 tbsp sea salt
1 tsp chili powder

black pepper

8 cups boiling water


directions:

1. As I usually do, I layered the ingredients in the order listed in my crockpot, and cooked everything for about 6 hours. All the veges still had tooth to them when I stopped the cooking. Nothing mushy. Nothing crunchy. Just a pleasant texture and a truly wonderful broth.

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