Apple-Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• • 1 kohlrabi (or ½ green cabbage)
• • 3 carrots
• • 2 celery stalks
• • 1 green bell pepper (or ½, to taste)
• • 2 tomatoes
• • 2 L vegetable broth
• • 6 large green apples
• • 3 tbsp flour
• • 1 tbsp sugar
• • 2-3 tbsp lemon juice
• • Salt, pepper
• • Vegetable oil

Method

1. Cut the kohlrabi, carrots, celery and pepper.
2. Sauté them in a large pot with a little oil until just cooked.
3. Add the vegetable broth and simmer 30 minutes.
4. Peel and core the apples, then add them to the pot; cook another 15 minutes.
5. Let the soup begin to cool; take a little broth, mix it with the flour, then pour it back into the pot, stirring carefully.
6. Bring back to a boil.
7. Add the sugar, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.
8. Optional: blend the soup, to taste.

Source: adapted from the Orthodox Parish of the Annunciation (Angers).