Pointed cabbage soup with mustard
Ingredients (serves 4)
- 1 pointed cabbage (thinly sliced)
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 1 medium potato (diced, for thickening)
- 1 liter vegetable stock
- 100 ml cream (or crème fraîche)
- 1–2 tbsp coarse mustard (e.g. Dijon or whole grain mustard)
- A knob of butter or a splash of olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Optional: bacon lardons or crispy pancetta
Method
- Sauté the base
Heat butter or oil in a pot and gently cook the onion and garlic until soft and translucent. - Add cabbage and potato
Add the sliced cabbage and diced potato. Cook for 3–5 minutes, stirring occasionally. - Simmer
Pour in the vegetable stock and let it simmer gently for 15–20 minutes, until everything is tender. - Blend (or not!)
- For a smooth soup: blend with an immersion blender
- For a chunkier texture: blend partially or leave as is
- Finish
Stir in the cream and mustard. Taste and season with salt and pepper. - Serve
Garnish with crispy bacon, fresh herbs or old chees
Spitskoolsoep met mosterd
Ingrediënten (4 personen)
- 1 spitskool (in dunne reepjes)
- 1 ui (gesnipperd)
- 1 teen knoflook (fijngehakt)
- 1 middelgrote aardappel (in blokjes, voor binding)
- 1 liter groentebouillon
- 100 ml room (of crème fraîche)
- 1–2 el grove mosterd (bijv. Dijon of Zaanse)
- Klontje boter of scheut olijfolie
- Peper en zout
- Optioneel: spekjes of krokante pancetta
Bereiding
- Fruit de basis
Verhit boter/olie en fruit ui + knoflook zachtjes glazig. - Voeg kool en aardappel toe
Doe de spitskool en aardappel erbij en bak kort mee (3–5 min). - Koken
Schenk de bouillon erbij en laat 15–20 minuten zacht koken tot alles gaar is. - Pureren (of niet!)
- Voor een gladde soep: alles pureren met staafmixer
- Voor een grovere soep: deels pureren of zo laten
- Afmaken
Roer room en mosterd erdoor. Proef en breng op smaak met peper en zout. - Serveren
Garneer met uitgebakken pancetta, verse kruiden of "homemade" knoflook croutons, oude kaas, mosterdzaad
Chewy pecan cookies
Chewy pecan cookies
Ingredients
- 140 g melted butter
- 180 g dark brown sugar
- 30 g granulated sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 extra egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 190 g all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 150 g pecans (lightly toasted, roughly chopped)
- Optional: 100 g dark chocolate chunks
Preparing
- In a bowl, mix the melted butter with both sugars (do not whip).
- Add the egg, extra yolk, and vanilla extract; stir until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix briefly (do not overmix).
- Fold in the pecans (and chocolate, if using).
- Chill the dough for 30–60 minutes (important!).
- Scoop into large balls (about golf ball size).
- Bake at 180°C / 350°F for 9–11 minutes
→ edges golden, centers still soft - Let cool on the baking sheet (they will continue to set).
Sprinkle a few flakes of sea salt on top right after baking, it really enhances the pecan flavor.
Chewey pecan cookies
Ingrediënten
- 150 g zachte boter
- 150 g bruine basterdsuiker
- 50 g kristalsuiker
- 1 ei
- 1 tl vanille-extract
- 200 g bloem
- ½ tl bakpoeder
- snuf zout
- 150 g pecannoten (grof gehakt)
- optioneel: 100 g pure chocolade (stukjes)
👩🍳 Bereiding
- Oven voorverwarmen op 180°C (boven-/onderwarmte).
- Klop de boter met beide suikers romig.
- Voeg het ei en vanille toe en meng goed.
- Meng in een andere kom bloem, bakpoeder en zout.
- Voeg dit toe aan het botermengsel en roer tot een deeg.
- Spatel de pecannoten (en eventueel chocolade) erdoor.
- Maak bolletjes van het deeg en leg ze op een bakplaat met bakpapier.
- Druk ze licht plat.
- Bak 10–12 minuten tot ze goudbruin zijn.
- Laat afkoelen op een rooster (ze worden nog steviger).
Wild garlic pesto
Wild garlic pesto
Ingredients
-
1 large handful wild garlic
-
30 g Parmesan cheese
-
20 g pine nuts (or walnuts/almonds)
-
80–100 ml olive oil
-
zest of ½ lemon
-
salt
Method
-
Lightly toast the pine nuts.
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Blend or roughly chop all ingredients.
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Add olive oil until smooth but still slightly textured.
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Season with lemon zest and salt.
Use
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With pasta
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On burrata
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With fish or chicken
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Stirred into soups or potatoes
Wild Garlic Soup (vegan)
Wild Garlic soup
Wild Garlic soup
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Ingredients (serves 4)
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1 generous handful wild garlic (about 50–70 g)
-
1 onion, finely chopped
-
1 small floury potato, diced
-
1 tbsp olive oil
-
750 ml vegetable stock
-
zest and juice of ½ lemon
-
salt and white pepper
Method
-
Build the base
Gently sauté the onion in olive oil until soft (do not brown). -
Add potato
Stir in the diced potato and cook briefly. -
Add stock
Pour in the stock and simmer for about 10–12 minutes until the potato is soft. -
Add wild garlic
Add the wild garlic and let it wilt for about 1 minute. -
Blend
Blend until smooth. -
Finish
Add lemon zest and a squeeze of juice. Season with salt and pepper. Finely shredded lettuce and olive oil
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Wild garlic butter
Wild Garlic Butter
Ingredients
-
100 g butter, softened
-
1 generous handful wild garlic, finely chopped
-
zest of ½ lemon
-
pinch of salt
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optional: black pepper
Method
-
Mix the softened butter until smooth.
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Stir in the wild garlic and lemon zest.
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Season with salt and pepper.
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Shape into a log using cling film or greaseproof paper.





