French Cabbage Soup

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 large potatoes
• 1 small head of cabbage
• 1 (15 ounce) can beans
• 3 leeks
• 2 1/2 quarts water
• 1 carrot
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 turnip
• 1 lb smoked sausage
• 1 onion
• 2 stalks celery
• 1 garlic clove

Recipe

• 1 chop up all vegetables.
• 2 place butter in soup pot over medium heat.
• 3 once melted, add the cabbage, leeks, carrot, turnip, onion, celery and garlic.
• 4 stir occasionally until the vegetables are tender, but not browned.
• 5 peel potatoes and cut into large pieces.
• 6 add potatoes and drained beans to pot.
• 7 add the water and broth.
• 8 season to taste with salt & pepper.
• 9 simmer for 1 hour.
• 10 cut smoked sausage into small pieces and fry until browned.
• 11 to serve, place a few pieces of sausage in the bottom of your soup bowl and ladle the soup over them.