German Vegetable Soup

A light, wholesome soup of seasonal root vegetables, cabbage and herbs.

TIME BREAKDOWN
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 35 min
Total: 50 minutes
Vegetarian
✅
Nuts
❌
Serves
6 people
Difficulty
Very Easy

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 1 leek, sliced and washed
  • 1 small celeriac, diced
  • 2 potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1/4 small savoy cabbage, shredded
  • 100g green beans, chopped
  • 1.3 litres vegetable stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp dried marjoram
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • Chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, to serve

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion, carrots, leek and celeriac for 8 minutes.

  2. Add the potatoes, stock, bay leaves and marjoram. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes.

  3. Add the cabbage and green beans and simmer for 10 minutes until tender.

  4. Remove the bay leaves, season to taste and serve scattered with parsley.