Dried Basil Brussel Sprout Soup

Name: How to cook Dried Basil Brussel Sprout Soup - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Gary Waite

Dried Basil Brussel Sprout Soup

Is a chunky soup,apart from the One peeled Maris Piper Potato.The vegetable stock I made on the basis of One of my Cook Books,the writer being Liana Green,the 30 delicious Soup Recipes one.The Brussel Sprouts too make a soup is my own idea - I stored it in 2 small Plastic Containers with their Lids and then placed them in the Freezer.

Ingredient

Food ration :

2 people

Cooking time :

1 hr 5 min.

500 g

raw Brussel Sprouts

1 tbsp.

Olive Oil

Half

a large white onion

Maris Piper Potato,or 8 New Potatoes

Half

a tablespoon Sea Salt

Half

a tablespoon of Dried Basil

2.000 ml

water (4 large mugs)

bay leaf

1 clove

garlic,crushed

1 tsp.

Peppercorns

small carrots,chopped

2 sticks

celery,chopped

medium leek,chopped

1/2

onion,chopped

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Make homemade Vegetable Stock first.So - a tablespoon of Olive Oil in a medium sized saucepan,add onion,leek and carrots and fry carefully for 3 minutes,will need too keep stirring if hob is up very high.

* Step 2

Add the cold water and then add the 1 bay leaf,the half tablespoon of Peppercorns,2 sticks of celery and the 1 clove of garlic.Boil on a medium heat on the hob for 15 minutes and then on the lowest heat for a simmer of 30 minutes,can leave the saucepan lid on,at this stage.

* Step 3

Sieve to just gain Vegetable Stock - clear the saucepan and then add 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil too it - add your half a onion that needs to be chopped,add your half a tablespoon of Sea Salt and half a tablespoon of Dried Basil - add some splashes of your homemade Vegetable Stock too the saucepan too prevent the Herb and onion from sticking to the bottom of the pan.

* Step 4

With onions browned slightly, add your 1.000ml of evaporated Vegetable Stock to the fried onions and then quarter into 4 - your peeled potato - add to the saucepan and then tidy up and clean your Brussel Sprouts and cut a cross - into the stem of each Brussel Sprout,add to saucepan and boil for about 20 minutes.Break down cooked boiled potatoes and then cool in the saucepan on the hob - before storing in Plastic Containers with lids.Is very hot if serving immediately.

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