French Cabbage Soup From Door County, Wi

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 1 cup carrot, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 quarts chicken broth
• 1/4 lb polish sausage, diced
• 1 cup potato, raw,peeled and diced
• 1 head chopped cabbage (about 1 lb)
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 make a roux with 6 tbsp butter and 1/2 cup flour by melting the butter in a medium skillet, stirring in the flour and simmering 3- 5 minutes while stirring constantly.
• 2 avoid browning.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 melt 2 tbsp butter in a stock pot, or dutch oven.
• 5 add diced onions and carrots.
• 6 saute until tender.
• 7 add chicken broth, diced polish sausage, diced potatoes and chopped cabbage to the pot.
• 8 stir and simmer for 20 minutes.
• 9 add roux, thyme, salt and pepper to the pot.
• 10 stir until smooth.
• 11 simmer for 20 minutes.