Winter Vegetable Garbure

Name: Winter Vegetable Garbure
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 4 to 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 1 piece bacon rind large enough to cover the bottom of the pan (about 8 inches/20 centimeters across); 2 bay leaves; 4 carrots; 2 whole, 2 peeled and cut into bite-size pieces; 4 celery stalks; 2 whole, 2 cut into bite-size pieces; 8 cups/2 liters water; 2 tablespoons tomato paste/purée; 2 leeks; Kosher salt; 1 pound/455 grams white cabbage, cut into bite-size pieces; 1 teaspoon fish sauce (optional but advised); 2 potatoes (about 1 pound/455 grams), peeled and cut into bite-size pieces; ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 tablespoons finely sliced fresh chives; 1 large onion, cut into medium dice; About 1½ tablespoons red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar; 2 to 4 shallots, sliced; 2 tablespoons butter

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ruhlman's Twenty

By Michael Ruhlman

Published 2011

About

Garbure (gar-BYR) is a soup packed with ingredients so that it’s almost a stew. It typically includes cabbage, bacon, and some form of preserved goose. The version here uses only winter vegetables. The hearty soup gets its seasoning and great body from bacon rind and its depth of flavor from sweating the garlic and onions beneath the rind.

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Winter
Gluten-free
Soup

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