Farmhouse Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 carrots
• 2 turnips
• 2 celery ribs
• 2 leeks
• 1/2 cabbage
• 60 g butter
• 300 g bacon joint
• 8 cups chicken stock
• 125 g french beans
• 2 potatoes
• 125 g peas
• 1/2 cup gruyere cheese

Recipe

• 1 dice the carrots, and turnips and portion of the leeks.
• 2 melt butter in a large pan. put in the carrots, turnips, leeks and soften on low heat for 10minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 3 wash the bacon in cold water and put in a saucepan of water, bring to the boil and simmer for 10minutes on low heat, drain and set aside to cool.
• 4 finely shred the cabbage, and chop the bacon into cubes.
• 5 add stock and bacon and cabbage to the vegetables, salt and pepper to taste. bring to the boil, reduce heat. cover and simmer gently for about 1hour.
• 6 cap and string the beans, wash and cut into pieces about 4cm long. chop the celery and cube the potatoes.
• 7 about 20minutes before end of cooking time, add cubed potatoes and peas to soup and cook further until tender.
• 8 serve with croûtons (optional) and grated gruyère cheese.