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    Reunion Soup


    Source of Recipe


    The Big Book of Soups & Stews

    Recipe Introduction


    Hearty & yummy!

    List of Ingredients




    1/2# bacon, diced (dice before cooking)
    1 C chopped yellow onion
    1 C chopped green cabbage
    1 C chopped celery
    1 C chopped carrot
    1 large russet potato (about 3/4#) peeled & chopped
    1 zucchini, sliced lengthwise and cut in 1/4" slices
    2 cloves garlic, minced
    1/4 tsp. dried chervil or 1/2 tsp. fresh minced parsley
    1/2 tsp. salt
    freshly ground pepper to taste
    2 cans (14 oz.) diced tomatoes with juice
    4 C beef stock or broth
    2 T uncooked barely (recipe calls for 1/4 C)
    1 T brown or white long grain rice (recipe calls for 2T)

    Seasoned White Sauce ingredients, directions below:
    To be added 10 minutes before serving.

    2 T butter or margarine
    2 t all-purpose flour
    1 C milk
    1 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
    1/2 tsp. dried thyme
    1/4 tsp. garlic powder1/2 tsp. salt
    1 T cider vinegar

    Recipe



    In a large Dutch oven over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp.
    Drain drippings, leaving 1T of bacon grease in Dutch oven.
    Add onion,and garlic and saute for about 1 minute. Add cabbage, celery, carrot, potato, zucchini and saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
    Add remaining ingredients except white sauce and vingar.
    Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, until vegetables are very tender, about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.

    Meanwhile, about 20 minutes before serving, make the white sauce. After soup has cooked for 1 1/2 hours, whisk in white sauce and 1 T cider vinegar. Cook for 10 more minutes until flavors are blended.

    Seasoned White Sauce: Ingredients listed above.

    In a sauce pan over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour and stir until bubbly. Whisk in remaining ingredients and stir until thickened, 1 - 2 minutes. Sauce will become thick if it stands; DO NOT thin.

 

 

 


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