Potato Cabbage Leek Soup With Lemon Sour Cream Food

POTATO, GREEN CABBAGE, AND LEEK SOUP WITH LEMON CRèME FRAîCHE

Steps:

• Whisk crème fraîche, lemon juice, and lemon peel in small bowl to blend. Cover and chill. DO AHEAD: Can be made 4 hours ahead. Keep chilled.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter with 1 tablespoon olive oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add cabbage; sprinkle lightly with salt and freshly ground black pepper and sauté until cabbage is almost tender but not brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer 1 cup cabbage to small bowl and reserve for garnish.
• Add 1 tablespoon butter to pot with cabbage; add leeks and garlic. Sauté over medium heat until leeks soften slightly, about 3 minutes. Stir in potatoes, Parmesan rind, if desired, and bay leaf. Add 6 cups broth; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until all vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Discard Parmesan rind, if using, and bay leaf. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return puree to pot. Simmer until heated through, adding more broth by 1/4 cupfuls to thin soup to desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Top each serving with some of reserved sautéed cabbage. Drizzle crème fraîche mixture over soup; sprinkle with chives and serve.

CABBAGE, POTATO AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat, add the leeks and cook until soft and golden around the edges, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the cabbage and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until cabbage begins to caramelize, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in potatoes, stock, 4 cups water, salt and thyme. Bring soup to a simmer and cook, partly covered, until potatoes begin to fall apart, 45 to 50 minutes. Add more water, as needed, to reach the desired consistency. Season with black pepper and serve, topped with cheese.

POTATO LEEK SOUP WITH CABBAGE

Steps:

• In a large pot, melt the butter on low heat.
• Add in your chopped onion and simmer until they start to turn translucent.
• Add in your leeks and garlic, stir, and cover.
• Simmer for 5-8 minutes or until the leeks are softened.
• Add the cabbage, stir, and let simmer covered another 5-8 minutes until soft.
• Add your potatoes, broth, thyme, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil.
• Turn the heat down and simmer covered until potatoes are cooked (15-20 minutes depending on the size of your potatoes).
• Add salt and pepper as desired.

POTATO, LEEK & CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine chicken broth, potatoes, cabbage, leek, onion & carrots in a 4 qt slow cooker. If you are using polish sausage, also add at this time.
• Stir in salt, pepper, caraway seeds & bay leaf.
• Cover & cook on low 8-10 hours or 4-5 hours on high.
• Remove & discard bay leaf.
• Combine some liquid from slow cooker with sour cream in a small bowl.
• Add mixture to slow cooker; stir.
• If using bacon instead of polish sausage, stir in bacon.

POTATO, CABBAGE, LEEK SOUP WITH LEMON SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• Whisk sour cream, lemon juice, and lemon peel in small bowl to blend. Cover and chill. DO AHEAD: Can be made 4 hours ahead. Keep chilled. Melt 1 tablespoon butter with 1 tablespoon olive oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add cabbage; sprinkle lightly with salt and freshly ground black pepper and sauté until cabbage is almost tender but not brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer 1 cup cabbage to small bowl and reserve for garnish. Add 1 tablespoon butter to pot with cabbage; add leeks, celery, carrots, turnips, and garlic. Sauté over medium heat until leeks and vegetables soften slightly, about 3 minutes. Stir in potatoes, Parmesan rind, if desired, and bay leaf. Add 6 cups broth; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until all vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Discard Parmesan rind, if using, and bay leaf. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return puree to pot. Simmer until heated through, adding more broth by 1/4 cupfuls to thin soup to desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Top each serving with some of reserved sautéed cabbage. Drizzle sour cream mixture over soup; sprinkle with chives and serve.

POTATO, LEEK AND CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, saute the sliced leeks in butter for approximately 3-5 minutes, until softened. Add the cabbage, and continue to saute until the cabbage is tender. Add chicken stock, potatoes and and carrots, along with about 1 tsp parsley and 1/2-1 tsp thyme. Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, or until all vegetables are soft.
• Using an immersion blender, partially puree the soup for a creamy texture, although I prefer to leave some larger pieces as well. Salt and pepper to taste. (For a more formal presentation, puree until completely smooth, swirl in creme fraiche, and add a topping of crispy frizzled leeks).

CREAMY CABBAGE AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Spray soup pot with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and onion and saute for 3-5 minutes.
• Add the potatoes and 3c water; bring to a boil. Then reduce heat and simmer for for 15 minutes. Stirring occasionally.
• Add shredded cabbage and cook for 10-15 minutes or until cabbage is tender.
• Whisk the water, flour and skim milk together and add to to soup.
• Add cubed cheese and stir until cheese is melted and soup is heated through.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

SOUR CREAM CABBAGE AND POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until about done and then drain and place in the bottom of a casserole dish.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix in sour cream.
• Fry cabbage in butter or margarine until done. Put on top of potatoes.
• Brown meat with onion; put on top of cabbage.
• Mix soup and milk; heat and pour on top of meat.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes or can be put in a crock pot on low for several hours.

CABBAGE & LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pan of boiling, salted water, blanch cabbage for 2 minutes and drain.
• Cook bacon in a large saucepan over moderate heat until crisp.
• Add leek and cook, stirring, until softened.
• Stir in flour and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes.
• Add stock in a thin stream, stirring constantly, and stir in cabbage, carrots, potatoes, wine, sugar and caraway.
• Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, 30-40 minutes.
• Puree soup in batches in blender until smooth and return to pan.
• Stir in half and half and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes.
• Stir in dill and season to taste.