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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Deborah Madison's Winter Vegetable Chowder

Another great recipe from Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. Honestly, I haven't encountered a bum recipe yet from this book.
Hearty, colorful, nutritious, with enough oomph to be a meal without making you feel overladen with fat. I was missing a few spices and I used chicken stock as the base, but the soup took well to minor tweaking. Click here for a web version of the recipe.
In the future I think I'll use a cheese that melts well, like gruyere or emmenthaler. What I had on hand was a very interesting goat Cheese called Capricious. It's quite pungent, grates well, and has a very unique grain that I can only describe as more rubbery than Parmesan. I've had a chunk of this for awhile now and I think its perfect application is in pasta arrabiata.

2 comments:

Sonia said...

Just got that book as an early birthday gift and I'm dying to try something....you are always inspiring! Glad the move went well!

pei said...

Happy Birthday! My copy was also a present, and the friend who gave it to me and I both love our copies. Here are some recipes we both love:

-winter squash galette. The combination of sage and butternut squash is to die for.
-olive tapenade. Easy and impressive.
-any of the fruit sorbets. DM gets the sugar:fruit ratio just right
-the pie crust recipe in this book is just right.

Let me know if you find any recipes you love! The book is so huge, I can't ever decide what to make.