{"id":29860,"date":"2020-04-25T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=29860"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:24:58","slug":"cream-of-cabbage-and-potato-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=29860","title":{"rendered":"Cream of Cabbage (and Potato) Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you David for another wonderful recipe!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Talking to my sister one day in April (just realized it is still April) during the lockdown I was telling her we have “nothing but time” (a favorite saying of my husband’s even before the quarantine) but I do not have enough time in one day to do everything I want to accomplish.<\/p>\n

For instance, yesterday I did curb side pickup for some expandable drawer dividers from The Container Store. So I knew my day was going to be cleaning out drawers in the kitchen and putting in new dividers, and I HAD to get some laundry done and then I started thinking about this recipe for cabbage soup I had made in March.<\/p>\n

This recipe was one I made after St. Pat’s day and thought it would make a great soup for a brewery.  My first look for the recipe was on Pinterest (no I did to pin it), my second spot was Copy Me That app that I use all the time (no recipe there). Then panic set in and I look through the last 3-4 months of Southern Living magazine and Garden and Gun (NO RECIPE). I’m getting anxious, feverish, almost faint (no I din’t get the virus.)  I WANTED that recipe. So I turn to googling and didn’t see any recipes previously highlighted.  <\/p>\n

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Was I going mad? I know I made this recipe because I remember really liking the caraway seeds in the soup and how pretty it was with the parsley oil drizzled over the top. Was that a dream I had? If so, it was the tastiest dream I’ve ever had.
\n I was at the end of my patience and decided to look in iPhotos and there were the pictures of the “making of the soup”, so I’m not crazy and losing my mind after all.<\/p>\n

Where do I go almost daily to check on what’s going on in Paris? – David Lebovitz’s blog. He’s the one whose been making some delicious cocktails every afternoon in the lockdown and I’ve tried several of his recipes lately and guess what? There’s the recipe staring right back at me.<\/p>\n

The soup reminds me of Potatoes Colcannon and is creamy with potatoes and pureed cabbage and to finish it off you add some saut\u00e9ed cabbage for texture and a drizzle of this beautiful parsley oil.<\/p>\n

After all the trouble tracking down this recipe, I hope you will try this soup.<\/p>\n

BLAST FROM THE PAST<\/strong><\/span>: Want a meatless meal? Try my Cauliflower Onion Linguine<\/a>. Delicious and it has some crunchy onion rings for a garnish.<\/p>\n

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Ingredients for this wonderful soup.<\/p>\n

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The blanched parsley chillin in an ice bath.<\/p>\n

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Saute the onions, being careful not to get them brown.<\/p>\n

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Add the cabbage to the cooked onions. You can see that my onions got a little too brown.<\/p>\n

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Add in the cooked potatoes. You will want to peel and boil your potatoes. I did not and it really made my soup darker because of the skins. The soup will be a lot lighter in color if you do peel potatoes before boiling them.<\/p>\n

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You can put this in a blender to puree but if you have a emersion stick blender then that is quicker and easier cleanup.<\/p>\n

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After you have pureed the soup you will add in the extra cabbage that you have saut\u00e9ed. This will give texture to the soup so you don’t want to blend this after adding in the cabbage at this point.<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmedium potatoes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpeel and cut into pieces<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcups<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t500ml water<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Peel the potatoes and boil in 2 cups of lightly salted water until they are tender when pierced with a knife, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      In a soup pot, toast the caraway seeds over medium-high heat until they are fragrant and lightly toasted. This should take about 3 minutes and stir frequently. I did a few extra like David suggested to use for garnish on top of the soup.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Remove seeds and set aside.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      In the same pot, melt 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the onion and cook until soft and translucent. Do not let these brown. Add the 4 teaspoons of caraway seeds and cook for 1 minute more. Keep the reserved seeds for garnish separate.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Reserve about 1\/3 of the cabbage (you will saut\u00e9 this later) and add the rest of the shredded cabbage, 1 teaspoon of the salt, pepper to the pot and stir everything together. Cover and cook until cabbage wilts. Take a peak occasionally and give it a stir. If pt gets too dry add 1\/4 cup of water. You don't want this scorching on the bottom. (Mine did a little). You can add another 2-3 tablespoons of butter here if you would like. Once the cabbage in the pot is mostly wilted, add the remaining cabbage. BUT not the reserved cabbage you will be saut\u00e9ing later. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally until all the cabbage is wilted.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Turn off the heat and and add the potatoes and their cooking water and the milk to the pot. Use an immersion blender to blend the ingredients. or put them in a standard blender and pulse a few times until smooth, then pour back in the soup pot.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Chop the reserved cabbage into 3\/4\" pieces. (David shredded his cabbage for this step.) Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of the butter in a skillet, add the cabbage and season with a little salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally until the cabbage is wilted. Add this cabbage to the blended soup along with the lemon juice or vinegar.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      You do not have to do the parsley oil but if you choose to make this:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Heat a small saucepan of water until boiling. Have a bowl of ice water handy. Plunge the parsley into the water and cook until wilted, 10 to 15 seconds. Remove it with tongs (or drain it), and immediately plunge the cooked parsley into the ice water, which'll guard its vibrant green color.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      When cool, squeeze as much water out of the parsley with your hands as you can and place it in a food processor or blender. The best option is if you have a mini-chopper food processor; this is a good place to use it! Puree the parsley with the oil until it's as fine as possible. Let stand for 1 or 2 hours. Place a square of muslin or a few layers of cheesecloth in a small mesh strainer set over a small bowl. Scrape the parsley and oil into the cheesecloth, then gather the ends and squeeze as firmly as possible - cheesecloth isn't as solid as muslin, go you may need to go easier on the pressure if using cheesecloth - to extract as much parsley oil as possible. You also put the mixture in a fine-mesh strainer and press it through that.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      To serve heat the soup and ladle into bowls. Top with a drizzle of the parsley oil and some of the caraway seeds. You could also top with a dollop of sour cream, maybe a little bacon bits. Soup keeps 3-4 days in the refrigerator or can be frozen up to 4 months.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Notes: David did not peel his potatoes but I found that my soup was a little to brown looking so I would suggest peeling potatoes before boiling. I also made about half the recipe for the parsley oil.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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