Chicken Broth with Cabbage

Ingredients

For 4 servings

• •1.5 l 1.5 l water or chicken broth
• •1 1 bouquet garni
• •Olive oil, salt, freshly ground pepper
• •2 gousse 2 cloves garlic
• •2 2 onions
• •4 4 Charlotte-type potatoes
• •3 3 carrots
• •1 1 green cabbage, not too large

Method

1. 1.Peel the cabbage after cleaning it and removing its base and largest leaves. Then cut each leaf into thin strips. Next, blanch the cabbage strips for 2 minutes in a large volume of boiling salted water. Then rinse them under cold water and let drain.
2. 2.Peel the carrots and potatoes. Then cut them into small pieces.
3. 3.Peel the garlic, then crush it in a small mortar.
4. 4.Peel the onions and slice them thinly.
5. 5.In a large pot, sauté the onions and garlic in a little olive oil, no more than a few minutes so as not to color them.
6. 6.Then add the vegetables, the bouquet garni, salt and pepper, and pour in the water.
7. 7.As soon as it boils, partially cover the pot, lower the heat, and let simmer gently for 30 minutes.