Roasted Red Cabbage Soup Food

ROASTED RED CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• For the soup, preheat oven to 400F, and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Place cabbage, tomatoes, red onion, bell peppers, apple, squash, and garlic onto baking sheet, drizzle with oil and toss to evenly coat.
• Roast for 30 minutes, stirring veggies around halfway through. Once tender, with lightly-browned edges, transfer baking sheet contents to a large soup pot. Add 4 cups of vegetable broth to pot, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once boiling, adjust heat to medium-low, cover with lid and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Next, in a blender or food processor, carefully puree roughly 1/2 of the fruits/veggies. You can also use an immersion blender, though it may take longer, and not be as smooth.
• Return pureed mixture to the pot, and stir in paprika, marjoram, and lemon juice. Simmer for 5 minutes, while prepping squash seeds. After 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• For the toasted squash seeds, warm oil in a small pan over medium heat. Once hot, add squash seeds to pan and toast them until golden brown, stirring occasionally, for 3-5 minutes. In the last minute, add garlic lemon salt, and stir to coat seeds evenly.
• Once ready to serve soup, garnish each bowl with a dollop of non-dairy sour cream or plain yogurt, fresh dill, and 1 tablespoon toasted squash seeds.

RED CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and slice the onion. Peel, deseed and slice the apple. Wash the red cabbage, quarter, remove and discard middle part, and cut into stripes.
• Melt butter in a large pot. Add onion and apple and fry for 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the cabbage and cook for a couple of minutes. Keep stirring. Add cranberry jam/sauce/chutney, red wine, vegetable stock, bay leaf and juniper berries. Cover with lid and cook on low heat until vegetable is done. This will take about 40 minutes.
• Remove and discard bay leaf and blend soup. I always use a big pot and blend my soup in the pot with my hand blender.
• Add additional water or stock if desired. Cook for another 3-4 minutes. Add balsamic vinegar, salt (if necessary), and pepper. Remove from heat and add cream. Depending on the fat content of your cream, the cream may curdle if heated on high temperature. Check if soup is hot enough. If not, only warm on low heat, in particular if you use single cream!
• SERVE: Ladle soup into warmed bowls and sprinkle with the additional walnut or olive oil. You may want to sprinkle your soup with some cream instead of the oil.

CABBAGE AND ROASTED PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat vegetable stock and diced tomatoes on medium heat.
• While the stock and tomatoes cook, start your barbecue grill and keep on medium-high heat. Coat bell pepper, roma tomato, and onion slices with olive oil and place on the grill. Turn vegetables over once to get grill marks. Some blackening is expected and even desirable.
• Chop vegetables from the grill and chipotle pepper in small pieces and add to the pot. Add diced garlic to the pot. Using an immersion blender, puree all the ingredients (or use a food processor in batches and return to the pot).
• Stir in diced dill, coriander, salt, and pepper. Add chopped cabbage. Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Lower heat to a simmer and cover, cooking for another 30 minutes or until the cabbage is soft.