Country-Style Soup - (Garbure)

Recipe Ingredients

3 tablespoons	45ml	Butter
2 tablespoons	30ml	Carrots - sliced (medium)
3		Leeks - white part only, cut 1" long pieces
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Chopped cabbage
2		Celery stalks - cut 1" long pieces
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Granulated sugar
4 cups	948ml	Water
3 cups	711ml	Consomme
1 cup	160g / 5.6oz	Cooked dried navy beans
		(or white beans)
2		Potatoes - sliced (medium)
3 tablespoons	45ml	Green peas
6		French bread - fried in butter
		Grated Swiss cheese

Recipe Instructions

In large, heavy saucepan, combine butter, carrots, leeks, cabbage, celery, salt, and sugar. Cover and cook over a low flame for 30 minutes. Add water and consomme. Bring to boil. Add beans, potatoes, and peas. Cover. Simmer for 45 minutes. Remove vegetables and mash them.

Place mashed vegetable mixture in tureen. Stir liquid in pan into mixture. Correct seasoning to taste. Serve with slices of fried French bread and grated Swiss cheese.

Source:
THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING by Fernande Garvin

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