Best Blue Cheese & Red Cabbage Soup

Here is a real treat for cabbage soup lovers… Please try out my silky blue cheese and red cabbage soup recipe! This is also one of my most favorite autumn soups, and a family favorite.

So what is your favorite autumn or winter soup then?

When I think of those type of soups, then I usually think of parsnip soups, and creamy chowders or a cheesy beer and cheese soup.

But let’s not forget the treats that we can make with another delicious autumn vegetable…

Cabbage of course for red cabbage soup!

Cabbage Soups

Do you like cabbage?

Well I hope you do because this very next red cabbage soup recipe below is a real keeper.

It was a bit funny though. I felt like I was mixing paint when I blended this red cabbage soup! I ended up with an astonishing flashy purple soup!

But it tastes much better than you would expect, don’t worry…

I thought that cooking the red cabbage would kind of destroy that vibrant color and turn it more into a greyish type of purple.

Well obviously not.

Texture

So I kept half of the cooked cabbage aside and added it back to the pan after I blended the rest of the cabbage into a silky soup.

That keeps it pretty crunchy.

You really want to add extra texture to this red cabbage soup so I would recommend that you do exactly the same.

Best Blue Cheese & Red Cabbage Soup Recipe

If you plan on eating the red cabbage soup the day after, then let both soup and the bowl of cabbage cool separately. You can combine both again right before serving when you reheat the red cabbage soup.

If you find that your red cabbage soup tastes kind of bitter in the end, then try adding a little pinch of extra sugar but don’t exaggerate or you will make it worse.

My grandmother used to add an apple to her cabbage soup to leave that bitterness out.

Pickled Cabbage

Do you like red cabbage?

Then learn here how to keep it longer by making pickled cabbage at home!

It is the perfect topping for hot dogs or tacos by the way…

Enjoy!

Best Blue Cheese & Red Cabbage Soup Recipe

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Red Cabbage Soup Recipe

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

50 mins

 

A real treat for soup lovers: a silky blue cheese and red cabbage soup recipe.

Course: Soup

Cuisine: Belgian

Servings: 4 people

Calories per serving: 199 kcal

Ingredients

• 2 lbs fresh red cabbage (900 g)
• 1 medium potato peeled and diced
• 3 medium garlic cloves chopped
• 1 small onion chopped
• 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock (960 ml)
• 2 tbsp blue cheese crumbled
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• pepper
• salt

Instructions

1. Add the butter to a large pan and place it over medium heat until melted. Then add the chopped garlic and onion also.

   

2. Stir fry the garlic and onion for 5 minutes. In the meantime chop the red cabbage. Add it together with the diced potato to the the pan.

   

3. Season generously with a dash of pepper and salt. Stir the vegetables well. Put a lid on the pan and cook the cabbage for 5 more minutes. Then add the chicken or vegetable stock to the pan.

   

4. Cover the pan again and heat the soup until boiling. Then turn the heat low. Simmer the cabbage for 8 minutes. The cabbage has to stay crunchy. Check regularly to see how soft it is, try not to overcook it. In the end scoop half of the red cabbage in a bowl (using a slotted spoon) when it is still crunchy.

   
5. Cook the remaining red cabbage in the hot stock for another 5 minutes to make it softer. Then blend it well using a stick mixer (or blender) until smooth.
   
6. Add the crunchy cooked red cabbage you kept aside back to the pan and stir well. Check the seasoning and add extra pepper or salt. Scoop the cabbage soup into large bowls. Sprinkle with the blue cheese. Serve the soup hot.
   

Health Benefits Of Cabbage

I hope that you enjoyed this red cabbage soup recipe!

So how much do you actually know about cabbage?

What are the health benefits of cabbage?

Gosh, I just googled this only to get some background information about cabbage and why it is good for you… And it seems like it is some kind of miracle food after all!

They are full of beneficial nutrients, well that’s good news!

I love cabbage.

Healthy

So cabbage is low in calories and carbs but is full of vitamins and antioxidants.

Plus it is also good for your skin. Cabbage has even been named as a positive source that can help treat cancer in the future but they are still working on that.

A great vegetable if you ask me.

Cooking Cabbage

Cabbage can be prepared in many ways: baked, steamed, stir fried, stuffed, boiled, even raw in a salad or slaw.

You can get creative with cabbage.

I bet you can sum up quite a few classic cabbage recipes from all over the world: cabbage slaw, stuffed cabbage rolls, cabbage and ham pie, kimchi, Irish cabbage and bacon, colcannon, sauerkraut… Even the Japanese okonomiyaki is made with cabbage!

I love pickled cabbage so I am a real sucker for kimchi and any type of fermented cabbage.

Pickled Cabbage

Because of that I always keep a tin of sauerkraut in my pantry, just in case I feel like making a French fish choucroute or a heavenly Reuben sandwich for lunch!

I made pickled cabbage a couple of times before, mainly because you can get a lot of recipes and meals out of just one cabbage head. Since it is only the hubs and me here at home, I have to get creative before the cabbage goes bad.

You have probably heard of the cabbage soup diet that became popular in the fifties.

Cabbage Soup Diet

And it looks like the weight loss results for this diet are phenomenal.

Cabbage soup for days and days on end will make the pounds fly out of the door – but the effect is not lasting. Once you go back to a normal diet, the weight will easily come back.

Anyway, I haven’t tried it.

Which type of cabbage do you prefer?

I used red cabbage for my red cabbage soup recipe.

Types Of Cabbage

But I am very fond of another type of cabbage that you must be familiar with as well: savoy cabbage. That one is a dark green cabbage with wrinkled crunchy leaves. I found out that quite a lot of vegetables are related to cabbage.

We call them cruciferous vegetables.

Did you know that broccoli, brussels sprouts, bokchoy, cauliflower, collard greens, kohlrabi, nappa cabbage, arugula, kale, watercress and very surprisingly even horseradish, daikon and wasabi are related to our cabbage?

Thanks Wikipedia!

Well I guess that it is never too late to learn something new.

Allergies

Even though cabbage is a very healthy vegetable, cabbage allergies also do exist.

The main symptoms that you have to look out for are swelling in and around the mouth, rashes, reddish skin reactions and breathing difficulties. If you have difficulties digesting cabbage, it’s possibly because you haven’t cooked it for long enough.

It is the same like when you undercook leeks or onions because the strong taste might upset your stomach and make you feel very uncomfortable. The only things you can do in this case it to cook the cabbage through and through or just avoid eating it.

Upset Stomach

In fact I went to the supermarket this morning and there I bought half a green cabbage head.

On the menu planning this week: a scrumptious cabbage and ham pie! I intend to prepare a simple homemade version of sauerkraut with cumin seeds and juniper berries with the rest of the cabbage that is left. Pretty sure that should work.

I think I will also use it to make hotdogs and the fried sausages with a gorgeous dollop of crunchy pickled cabbage.

I am all in for it.