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🍲 Hearty French Cabbage and Bean Soup

286 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 150 g dried white beans
• 1 large onion
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cloves
• 1 garlic clove
• 4 sprigs marjoram
• 1 ham bone (or alternatively 1 slice smoked bacon)
• 600 g white cabbage
• 400 g waxy potatoes
• salt
• pepper
• 4 slices crusty bread

Instructions

1. 1. Place the beans in a bowl and cover with cold water. Let them soak for 12 hours or overnight.
2. 2. The next day, drain the soaking water. Rinse the beans in a sieve under running water and place them in a large pot.
3. 3. Peel the onion. Press the bay leaf and cloves firmly into the onion (this is called studbing) and add the onion to the beans.
4. 4. Peel the garlic and add it to the pot. Wash the marjoram, shake off excess water, and add it along with the ham bone. Pour in 3 liters of water.
5. 5. Bring the soup to a boil. Skim off the rising foam with a skimmer. Reduce the heat to medium and let the soup simmer for 60 minutes.
6. 6. Wash the cabbage and remove the hard core end. Cut the cabbage into quarters and slice these into strips about 1 cm wide, cutting across the ribs.
7. 7. Wash the potatoes. Peel them using a vegetable peeler and cut them into cubes about 2 cm in size.
8. 8. After 60 minutes, remove the ham bone from the soup. Add the sliced cabbage and potato cubes to the soup and cook everything for another 20 minutes.
9. 9. Remove the spiced onion and garlic from the soup. Season the soup with salt and pepper. Distribute the bread slices among 4 deep bowls, pour the soup over them, add extra pepper, and serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 286
• Protein: 14 g · Fett/Fat: 2 g · Carbs: 52 g