Kahlsuppe German Cabbage Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Serve with grilled Swiss or extra-sharp white Cheddar cheese on pumpernickel or whole grain bread.;
• Heat a large Dutch oven or soup pot over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, and bacon. Brown and crisp bacon and remove to a plate, draining off some fat if you have more than enough to lightly coat the bottom of the pot.
• Add the onions, carrots, caraway, and apples, and stir a few minutes. Then wilt in the cabbage and season with black pepper and some freshly grated nutmeg. Cover with the lid slightly ajar and wilt cabbage while you prepare the sachet. Fill the cheesecloth with the juniper berries, cloves, bay leaves, orange rind, and cinnamon, and use kitchen twine to tie it to the side of the pot. Drop it into the pot and stir into the cabbage. Add the vinegar, keeping your head back from the hot pot, brown sugar, stock, and water, and bring the soup to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until cabbage is very tender and soup has thickened. Stir the bacon bits back in, then adjust the salt to your taste.
• Cool and store for a make-ahead meal, or serve with grilled cheese sandwiches.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat the butter and saute the onions, diced bacon and leek.
• Combine all the remaining ingredients except salt and pepper in the saucepan.
• Bring to a boil and then simmer partially covered for 90 minutes.
• Remove the bouquet garni and season the soup with salt and pepper.
• Serve the cabbage soup and garnish with fresh parsley leaves.

Steps:

• Put the chopped cabbage and the broth in the crockpot, on high; simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• In a sauté pan, cook the bacon slices until crisp; remove, chop roughly, and set aside.
• Sauté the onion in the bacon drippings until soft.
• Add the chopped bacon, onion, potato, and salt and pepper to the crockpot.
• Cook on high for an additional 1 to 1 1/2 hours hours, until the cabbage reaches the texture you prefer.
• Serve with a dollop of sour cream.
• Notes: would also be good with some dill weed or caraway added, or even kielbasa slices, if you like; I also added a 1 once cube of concentrated frozen duck stock, but as most folks don't have it in their freezer I didn't include it in the ingredient list; you could simmer this in a heavy pot on the stove for an hour instead of the crockpot, too.