Sunday, November 27, 2011

Recipe: Kohlrabi Soup

Last week I made this easy and tasty soup for lunch from a kohlrabi from my vegetable bag. To be honest I had never heard of this vegetable before and I had no clue what to do with it but luckily Graasland was able to help me out and send me this simple recipe. I adapted it a bit because the original recipe had white wine in it and because we don't ever drink it, I refuse to buy a bottle just for cooking.


Kohlrabi soup (serves 2)
- 1 kohlrabi
- half a spring onion
- 1 tbsp oil
- 0.5 litre vegetable broth
- some creme fraiche
- 2 handfuls chives
- salt and pepper

Peel the kohlrabi and remove the leaves, cut into small pieces. Cut half of a spring onion. Heat the oil in a pan and bake the onion and kohlrabi shortly. Add the vegetable broth and bring to a boil. When the vegetables are soft (this takes about 15 minutes), you can mix the soup with a hand held mixer in the pan. Add a few spoonfuls creme fraiche, salt and pepper to taste. Garnish the soup with about a handful of chives for each bowl.

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    That sounds really easy!

    I would have liked to see your kohlrabi before you cooked it, because I'm not sure what it is now. That is, I thought it was a root vegetable, didn't know it has leaves. (Pretty ignorant!)

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  2. UniflameNovember 27, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    You can find a picture of a kohlrabi here in my vegetable bag:
    http://shelikesbento.blogspot.com/2011/11/vitatas-5.html

    :) BTW: you can eat the leaves in vegetable soup for example. I just didn't need them right now and the rabbits loved them :)

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  3. Beth FNovember 27, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    Oh I'm going to have to remember this. We get kohlrabi in our CSA too. I usually roast it or cut it up to add to stir-fry. I like the idea of soup.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    But what did you think of the soup Uniflame? Did you like it? Will you make it again?

    Also, you can buy these small bottles of wine... Great for cooking. ;) What's left can be frozen in icecube bags for future use. Voilá!

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  5. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    I'm liking the idea of these small portion meals, instead of freezing leftovers from bigger recipes. Looking forward to exploring your blog. - Fay

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  6. UniflameNovember 27, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    @Gnoe: If I post the recipe on my blog, I did like it :) I wouldn't share the recipe if I didn't :) I will make this again for sure, because it is a really creamy and easy soup.

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  7. HeatherDecember 2, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    this is a challenge. I've not tried it. I looked it up and it sounds like it would taste good. Thanks for adding the link to my soup post. I'll biy extra and take some to my parents.

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