Greek Cabbage Soup

Name: Greek Cabbage Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: ½ white cabbage, shredded; 2 carrots and 2 celery stalks, sliced; 1 onion, chopped; 2 potatoes, diced; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1.5 litres (6 cups) water; Juice of 1 lemon; Salt and pepper

Λαχανόσουπα

Cabbage, carrot and celery soup

Any fast dayPrep 15 minCook 40 minServes 6

When to eat it. No oil, wine or fish, so it fits even the strict weekdays of Lent.

Ingredients

Method

Put the vegetables, tomato paste and water in a pot.
Simmer 35 to 40 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.
Add lemon just before serving.

Tip. A simple soup for the strict first days of Lent.

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