Soupe à la Fermière (Farmhouse Vegetable Soup)

Ingredients

• 1 carrot
• 1 turnip
• 3 whites of leeks
• 1/2 onion
• butter
• 1 1/2 litres ordinary Consommé
• 125 grammes heart of white cabbage
• thin slices of household bread

Instructions

1. Cut the carrot, turnip, leek whites and half-onion paysanne-fashion and stew them in butter.
2. Moisten with the ordinary Consommé and bring to the boil.
3. Add the shredded cabbage heart and finish the cooking gently.
4. Serve with thin slices of household bread in the soup.