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Milk Soup of Mémé Charlotte

Prep20 min
Cook14 min
Total34 min
Yield10 portions
LevelBeginner
 
 
Milk Soup
About This Recipe

Cook Mémé Charlotte’s milk soup with Savoy cabbage, apples and winter vegetables. A comforting Normandy-inspired vegetable soup for cold-weather meals.

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Ingredients

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  • 0.75 cup butter
  • 1 pound Savoy cabbage
  • 2 medium leeks, — washed and minced
  • 2 medium onions, — peeled and minced
  • 3 medium carrots, — sliced
  • 4 medium potatoes, — peeled and diced
  • 4 medium apples — peeled, cored and diced
  • 4 stalks celery
  • 4 cups whipping cream
  • 4 cups farm whole milk
  • 4 cups chicken
  • Salt and pepper, — to taste

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cut all vegetables, and sweat the first 3 into the melted butter for 10 to 15 minutes. Then add the remaining ingredients and cook for approximately 45 minutes. Taste and rectify the seasoning with salt and pepper.
  2. 2
    Serve in hot plates with toasted French bread and salted butter.
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Tools Used in This Recipe

KitchenAid
Immersion Blender
Victorinox
8" Chef's Knife
All-Clad
Heavy-Bottom Stock Pot
Chef's Notes

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