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Cabbage And Broccoli Soup

May 13, 2020 Penny 11 Comments

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Cabbage And Broccoli Soup

Cabbage And Broccoli In Soup

I am always looking for more soup ideas and this green and nourishing vegetable soup came to mind. It uses half a cabbage and a good helping of purple sprouting broccoli.

The good thing about making a soup is that there is no need to have concerns about the aesthetics of the vegetables as everything is going to be pulped. Thus with the cabbage you can use the outside leaves and with the purple sprouting broccoli you can use the tougher stalks and all the leaves. Nothing is wasted!

Cabbage and purple sprouting broccoli soup captures all the nutrition and flavour of these wonderful winter vegetables. Warm and nourish yourself!

I also think it must be good that all the water that the vegetables are cooked in goes into the soup so there are no nutrients escaping down the sink as their can be when you boil of steam (although you can always keep the cooking water for stock).

Cooking Vegetables

I must admit that as I was cooking this soup and sweating the vegetables in butter I was almost tempted to forget the soup and just eat a plate of vegetables – it all smelled so good! However this lovely nutritious soup is recommended. It has a surprisingly subtle flavour and is warming and full of vitamins.

Cabbage

There are several cabbage varieties and this soup can be made with any of them. The recipe uses half a medium sized cabbage.

Cabbage is a much underrated vegetable, may be even taken for granted, having been cultivated for 4000 years and has been a victim of overboiling in mass catering such as school dinner so it has had all the flavour, texture and goodness pummelled out of it. If you don’t like cabbage as a vegetable then soup is a good way to get its goodness.

Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Purple sprouting broccoli is in season between January and April and is wonderful as an accompanying vegetable and is also good in pasta, rice and indeed soup recipes. When you make a soup with it you can use all the leaves and thick stalk, which you might otherwise trim. You could of course use green broccoli or even cauliflower in this recipe as alternatives.

I just seasoned this with a little salt and plenty of black pepper and a sprinkling of mixed herbs. I also think it would be good with a sprinkling of grated cheese on the top. It will however be delicious just served with some good crusty bread.

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Cabbage And Broccoli Soup


Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 celery sticks, sliced
  • 1 large carrot, peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 medium cabbage washed and chopped
  • 300g purple sprouting broccoli (or green broccoli)
  • 800ml vegetable stock
  • 1 teaspoon mixed herbs
  • pinch salt
  • plenty black pepper to season

Cooking Directions

  1. Heat the butter in a large heavy bottomed saucepan

  2. Add the onions and cook for a few minutes

  3. Add the celery and carrots and sweat for a few minutes

  4. Add the cabbage and cook, stirring frequently as it wilts down

  5. Add the chopped broccoli stirring in with the other vegetables and continue sweating all the vegetables for a few more minutes

  6. Add the stock and bring to the boil

  7. Add the mixed herbs and salt

  8. Turn down the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes until all the vegetables are soft

  9. Whizz in a food processor and return to the pan

  10. Reheat and adjust seasoning to taste

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Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    July 7, 2024 at 2:04 pm

    Amazing combination! Delicious and healthy

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  2. PrincessH M says

    January 28, 2024 at 1:05 am

    Thankyou for the recipe – Broccoli soup and Red cabbage. Fantastic! I used Green broccoli soup came out brown and no Vege stock, so spiced up the broth and it all came out great. Lovely to tuck in with a warm slice of bread for these winter months ????

    Reply
    • Penny says

      January 28, 2024 at 4:54 pm

      Thank you for dropping by and letting me know šŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. Ellie says

    October 26, 2023 at 11:24 am

    Used this recipe for 2 years now! It never fails, always delicious and healthy!

    Reply
  4. Penelope Cole says

    September 29, 2023 at 12:21 pm

    Delicious! I added a teaspoon of celery seeds (because I love celery). The aroma as it was all simmering away made me so hungry. Served with home made chunky croutons. This will be made on repeat these coming Autumnal and Winter months.

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  5. Marge says

    June 7, 2023 at 1:26 am

    I really enjoyed this lovely soup! The creaminess is all there minus the cream. So good!

    Reply
  6. Sue says

    March 16, 2023 at 9:16 pm

    Vegetable soup – delicious! Thank you Penny.

    Reply
  7. Anonymous says

    March 29, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    I am going away tomorrow and wanted to use up an old cabbage and head of broccoli I had in the fridge so I tried your recipe Penny and I have to say a great combo and so delicious! Thanks for sharing. Tizzy

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  8. Dom says

    March 25, 2022 at 10:59 pm

    Really, really surprised this tasted as good as it did (I thought it might not taste of much other than celery as normally that overpowers everything ? but no!). Cabbage is by far my favourite vegetable anyway, and this just delicious. I’d advise anybody to try it! Thank you for sharing this.

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  9. IP girl says

    October 8, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    So how many cabbage varieties are there?

    Reply
    • penny says

      October 9, 2013 at 7:46 am

      I am not sure – I read somewhere there are more than 400. Would love to hear from someone who knows….

      Reply

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