Lads, if you could produce a French peasant soup a la Ballymaloe I would buy one a week forever more. Any chance? I suppose the bits of bacon could be a problem but please please please!
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If you think the French Peasant is good you should try the Aztec soup. It is amazing.
Oh, whats it like? I'm a sucker for a tomato based soup, with bits in, thats why french peasant soup is right up there for me, it's like minestrone with knobs on ...
It is a chicken broth style of soup with tomato and chili salsa. So amazing. I will pop the recipe on the site when I have more time.
Anyone have the aul'recipe for french peasant soup anyways?
You will need the following
175g unsmoked streaky bacon (in the piece)
olive oil
150g potatoes, peeled and cut into 5mm dice
50g onions finely chopped
1 small garlic clove, optional
1x400g tin of tomatoes and juice
salt and pepper
850ml chicken or vegetable stock
50g cabbage (savoy is best) finely chopped
Now heres how
Remove the rind from the bacon and cut into 5mm cubes, blanch in cold water to remove some of the salt and dry on kitchen paper, saute in olive oil until bacon is crisp and golden. Add onions, potatoes and crushed garlic, sweat for 10 minutes and then add diced tomatoes and any juice. Season with salt and pepper, and sugar if needed. Cover with stock and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the finely chopped cabbage, and continue to simmer until cabbage is cooked. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.
Enjoy xxx
Will have to give that a go, an all time favorite of mine, seriously cully if you can make that soup i'll buy at least two a week! probably not the easiest to mass produce i suppose!
I made this today! ... Yummmmmmm! ... although I didn't blanch the bacon so it was a touch on the salty side.
Keep me someeeeeeee?????????
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