Fast Recipes

Speck, cabbage and pea soup

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for speck, cabbage and pea soup.

By Alice Storey
  • Serves 8
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Speck, cabbage and pea soup
The earthiness of speck and cabbage with the sweetness of peas makes this the perfect soup to mark the transition from winter to spring.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 400 gm piece of speck, cut into 3cm pieces
  • 2 Dutch cream potatoes (about 300gm), cut into 5mm pieces
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 2 litres (8 cups) hot chicken stock
  • 300 gm Savoy cabbage (about ¼ cabbage), thinly sliced
  • 300 gm frozen peas, defrosted
  • To serve: crusty bread

Method

Main
  • 1
    Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, add speck and stir occasionally until golden (2-3 minutes). Add potato, onion and garlic, cover and stir occasionally until potato starts to soften (4-5 minutes). Add hot stock and simmer until potato is tender (15-20 minutes). Add cabbage and peas, simmer until bright green (1-2 minutes), then season to taste. Serve hot with crusty bread.

Notes

This recipe is from the September 2011 issue of .

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