Pennsylvania Dutch Ham Cabbage Soup Food

HAM AND CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat two tablespoons of the olive oil in a stockpot pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onions, carrots, and the ham. Cook, stirring every once and a while until the vegetables have softened and the onions are translucent; 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the garlic, rosemary, black pepper, and the red pepper flakes. Cook, while stirring, for one minute. Stir in the cabbage, and then pour in the canned tomatoes and their juices as well as the stock. Add the bay leaves.
• Raise the heat to medium-high and bring the soup to a boil. Taste then adjust with salt. The ham does add some salt to the soup so you may not need a lot of additional seasoning.
• Partially cover the pot with a lid, and then reduce the heat to maintain a low simmer. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the cabbage, and other vegetables are tender.
• Remove the pot from the heat and remove the bay leaves. Stir in the lemon slices and the remaining tablespoon of olive oil. Taste and season with more salt and pepper. Serve.

SUNDAY BOILED DINNER

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or soup kettle, place ham, onion, carrots, potatoes, rutabagas, salt and pepper. Add water just to cover; bring to a boil. , Place cabbage on top of vegetables. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until the vegetables are tender. , Drain. Cut cabbage into wedges; remove core. Serve meat and vegetables with horseradish if desired.

OLD-FASHIONED HAM AND CABBAGE WITH POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or stock pot, heat butter or oil to medium-high heat. Add onion and carrot and saute until just starting to soften, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in garlic. Add potatoes, cabbage and ham and stir to combine. Stir in thyme leaves, salt, black pepper and celery salt. Add the chicken stock and bay leaf and bring to a simmer. Place lid on pot and reduce to a very low simmer. Allow to cook 30-35 minutes, until potatoes and cabbage are soft. Stir in bouillon. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH HAM & CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Boil ham shanks for 3 hours in large pot.
• Remove ham shanks and set aside to cool.
• Cut potatoes into quarters, with or without skin, and add to broth.
• Quarter the head of cabbage and wash. Add to pot and bring to boil.
• Clean the cooled ham shanks, removing the meat from the bone and add to the pot.
• Boil another 1/2 hour and let cool for 1/2 hour.
• Serve. Vinegar can be added if preferred. I never add salt because the ham adds enough.

HAM AND CABBAGE STEW

Steps:

• In a 5 quart saucepan or Dutch oven heat margarine until bubbly and hot.
• Add onion and garlic and saute until onion is softened.
• Add ham and mushrooms and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add cabbage, carrots, bay leaf, caraway seed and pepper and continue sauteing for 5 minutes longer.
• Stir in water and broth, bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• Stir in dissolved cornstarch and let simmer, uncovered, until mixture thickens, about 5 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf before serving.

PAP'S HAM AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• For the dumplings: Whisk together the eggs and milk in a large bowl. Mix in the flour, chives and nutmeg. Set aside to rest until ready to use.
• For the ham, cabbage and sauerkraut: Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion and ham steak and cook until the onions begin to sweat, 5 to 6 minutes. Add the cabbage with the coriander, red pepper flakes and a large pinch of salt and cook until the cabbage begins to melt and break down, about 5 minutes. Stir in the beer, turkey stock and sauerkraut, bring to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes.
• Bring large pot of salted water to boil. Spread the dumpling batter in a line down the back of a sheet tray or small cutting board. Dip a bench scraper in the boiling water, then use it to "cut" the dumplings into the pot, dipping the bench scraper in the boiling water in between each cut. Cook the dumplings until they begin to float to the surface, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer the dumplings to the Dutch oven with the cabbage. Mix in the parsley and mustard and any additional salt and pepper if needed. Serve.

CABBAGE BORSHT

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large pot of water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook approximately 30 minutes. Remove from water, cool, and shred into bite-size pieces. Discard skin and bones.
• In a large stock pot, heat 1 gallon of water with tomato soup and salt. Bring to a low boil. Place cabbage, potatoes, carrot, onion, chicken, and bay leaf in pot, and return to a simmer. Cook at a very low simmer until vegetables are tender, approximately 20 minutes. Add parsley and dill, taste and adjust seasoning with salt if needed, and serve.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Cook potatoes and onion in boiling salted water until tender- drain.
• Add 1 quart of milk to potatoes and heat, and then blend in the salt, pepper and parsley.
• Cut butter into flour- blend together the egg and milk using only enough milk to make the mixture thin enough to drop into the hot soup.
• Cover and cook about 10 minutes.
• Serve at once.