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Radish Greens Soup

 

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Although it takes some time for preparation this soup provides a full meal and keeps well in the fridge for several days.

Served

This light and creamy soup is surprisingly mild tasting and refreshing. However, it is also very filling. If you like fresh crunchy radishes then this will be a welcome addition to your summer menu.

Getting Started with Cooking


 

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Get in Advance:

 

1 large onion, cut into ¼ inch cubes

2 cloves of garlic, minced

2 bunches radish greens, with radishes separated and reserved. Greens thoroughly washed, brown and damaged leaves removed, coarsely cut into 1x1 in pieces (about 2 cups)

5 medium baking potatoes, peeled and cut into ½ in cubes. Stored underwater.

10 radishes washed and trimmed. 1 thinly sliced and red skin grated from 2 others. Zest and slices set aside as garnish

31/2 cups of low-salt no-fat vegetable broth

1 cup of water

1/2 block of Nasoya Lite firm tofu

½ of a quarter teaspoons of black pepper

 

Have On Hand:

Some chopped parsley as garnish

Crisp bread


 

Recipe

(Adapted from Martha Stuart Living Television marthasteward.com and modified to low-salt, low-fat diet)

 

For 2 portions. Prep time: 120 min till serving.

 

Prepare Sweet cream 014

7.5 oz Nasoya Lite Firm tofu

3 tablespoons of confectioners’ sugar

3 tablespoon of fat-free soy milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Let creamy mixture cool and settle for 45-60 min in fridge

Prepare ingredients

Cut the onion

Chop garlic cloves.

Cut the radish greens

Discard damage leaves and wash

Bunch leaves, cut 1 inch slices and then cut slices on the cutting board perpendicularly. Separate stacked pieces by fluffing up the cut leaves.

Slice 1 radishes thinly and grate skin from2 radishes

Slice whole radishes coarsely

Potatoes: wash, peel, and cut into 1/2 in cubes

Cook the soup

In a big hot soup casserole braise the onions until browned (4 min)

Add garlic until fragrant for 20-30 sec

Let cool down and deglaze with 1/2 cup of vegetable broth

Add 3 cups of vegetable broth and 1 cup of water

Add radishes and potatoes

Fold radish greens batch-wise under stock

Simmer with closed lid for about 35 min until potatoes are tender

Let vegetables cool down

Puree soup

Working in batches, blend cooked cooled down vegetables and stock in bullet

Collect in large bowl and mix-in 1 cup of sweet cream

Add pepper

Serve

Ladle into serving bowls and then garnish with radish skin zest and radish slices and chopped parsley

Ingredients

 

 

Workplace

Preparing the tofu sweet cream

 

Prepared tofu sweet cream

 

 

Coarsely cutting the onion

 

 

Cutting potatoes and collecting under water

 

Separating rashishes from greens

 

Removed damaged and brown leaves

 

Thoroughly washing of greens.

 

Coarsely cut radish greens

 

Trimmed radishes

 

Grating radish skin

 

Ready for starting the soup

 

Braised onions

 

Deglazed with vegetable broth

 

Added potatoes and radishes

 

Batch-wise folding greens under stock

 

Mixed ingredients

 

Cooked soup

 

Pureeing the cooked soup

Adding sweet tofu creame and pepper

Prepared

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