This vegan savoy cabbage and white bean soup is super creamy but uses no cream thanks to a really old-school "trick", and it makes for a fantastic, hearty lunch or light dinner!
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine European
Diet Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword bean and cabbage soup, cabbage and white bean soup, cabbage soup, cannellini bean and cabbage soup
Bash the garlic with the side of a knife, peel off the paper and then dice as finely as you can.
Peel the potato and cut it into a 1cm (½") dice.
Heat a medium (20cm or 8") saucepan over a medium heat and add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the shallots and garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring regularly.
Add vegetable stock, thyme, rosemary and potato and cook for 10 minutes.
Whilst the potatoes are cooking, shred the savoy cabbage as finely as you can and roughly chop the capers.
Turn the heat under the soup to high and add the cabbage, beans and capers and cook for 3-5 minutes.
Blend a quarter of the soup and then return it to the pan and stir, have a taste and add salt if needed.