All Easy Recipes. Cook all that you can cook. Thick Vegetable Soup
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What You Need:            (To Serve: 4 - 6)
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  • 1¼ - 1½ pound cut-up carrots, leeks, celery, cabbage, turnip
  • 1 oz rice
  • 1 oz macaroni
  • 4 potatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 4 oz lean bacon
  • 1-2 tomatoes
  • Parsley
  • 1 cup
  • French beans Basil
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • Seasoning
  • 1½ oz butter or fat
  • 2 oz grated cheese
  • 3½ pints water

  • How To Cook:
    1. Fry all the cut-up vegetables in the butter for 20 minutes over a low heat.

    2. Add the liquid and cook for 2 hours.

    3. Add the rice, macaroni and potatoes, and cook for another 25 minutes.

    4. Add the diced bacon and the herbs and cook for a few minutes more.

    5. Season, dish up and serve with grated cheese.

    NOTE:
        This thick soup, together with bread and a glass of wine, often forms the Tieino peasant's main meal.
     

     
     
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