Health Soup (Santé)
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- mixed vegetables
- white cabbage
- carrots and celery
- salt
- pepper
- butter
- broth
- fine day-old bread
Instructions
- Cut and prepare the assorted vegetables; wilt the cabbage, strip the carrots and celery, and destem the sorrel.
- Sweat them with salt, pepper and butter, then finish cooking with broth.
- Fry diced day-old bread; place in the tureen, pour over the hot broth and vegetables, and serve at once.