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Creamy Cabbage and Bratwurst Soup

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Creamy Cabbage and Bratwurst Soup is a delicious light soup to serve on a cool evening. Seasoned with celery, carrots, onions, and chunks for bratwurst, it’s sure to please anyone who enjoys cabbage. 

Serving Cabbage Soup with Tangy Sourdough Bread

This recipe is such a delicious and satisfying soup to make. I enjoy preparing the fresh ingredients to use in it, and once the prep work is done, the soup is a breeze to make!

I like to serve this soup with a hard crusty sourdough bread, but you could also use saltine crackers. See my recipes for Tangy Sourdough Bread or Rustic Sourdough Baguettes.

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Ingredients for Creamy Cabbage and Bratwurst Soup

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Instructions for Making This Recipe

Ingredients for this Cabbage Soup

Gather all your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table.

Prepare the Ingredients

Using a sharp knife and cutting board, slice the bratwurst. On a second cutting board mince the sweet onion and garlic. Thinly slice the celery and carrot.

Shredded Cabbage

Chop the cabbage. Dice the Russet potato. Chop the fresh parsley and chives.

You may opt to use a food processor to slice and chop the vegetables, if desired.

Make the Soup

Heat the extra-virgin olive oil and butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook the sausage until browned, approximately 10 minutes.

Add in the minced sweet onion, sliced celery and carrots, and minced garlic. Sauté for 5-7 minutes until tender.

Adding Cabbage to the Soup

Stir in the chopped cabbage and diced potatoes. Add the chicken stock. Season with dried thyme, kosher salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes.

In a small bowl whisk together the whole milk and all-purpose flour for a thickening agent.

When the cabbage and potatoes are tender, add the Half and Half cream to the soup. Stir in the thickening mixture. Allow to simmer for 7-10 minutes, stirring until thickened.

Creamy Cabbage Soup with Fresh Chives and Tangy Sourdough Bread

Remove from heat and garnish with chopped fresh parsley and/or chives. This recipe will serve 6-8 people.

Serving Suggestions

Serve Creamy Cabbage and Bratwurst Soup with a hard, crusty bread such as my Tangy Sourdough Bread or Rustic Sourdough Baguettes. Or even Sourdough Rye Bread.

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Creamy Cabbage and Bratwurst Soup

459 kcal
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Prep 20 minutes
Cook 42 minutes
Total 1 hour 2 minutes
I made this soup last spring when I had some extra cabbage sitting in my refrigerator. Although creamy, there is a delicious lightness to it that seems perfect for a cool evening.
Servings 8
Course Soup
Cuisine German, Irish

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons Extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 16 oz Bratwurst sliced
  • 1 cup sweet onion minced
  • 2 stalks celery thinly sliced
  • 1 medium carrot peeled, and thinly sliced
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 4 cups cabbage chopped
  • 1 medium Russet potato diced
  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 1/2 cups Half and Half cream
  • 1/4 cup whole milk
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
  • 2 tablespoons fresh chives chopped

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Instructions
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  1. Gather all your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table.
Prepare the Ingredients
  1. Using a sharp knife and cutting board, slice the bratwurst.
  2. On a second cutting board mince the sweet onion and garlic. Thinly slice the celery and carrot. Chop the cabbage. Dice the Russet potato.
  3. Chop the fresh parsley and chives.
Make the Soup Base
  1. Heat the extra-virgin olive oil and butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook the sausage until browned, approximately 10 minutes.
  2. Add in the minced sweet onion, sliced celery and carrots, and minced garlic. Saute for 5-7 minutes until tender.
  3. Stir in the chopped cabbage and diced potatoes. Add the chicken stock. Season with dried thyme, kosher salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes.
Prepare the Cream Sauce
  1. In a small bowl whisk together the whole milk and all-purpose flour for a thickening agent.
  2. When the cabbage and potatoes are tender, add the Half and Half cream to the soup. Stir in the thickening mixture. Allow to simmer for 7-10 minutes, stirring until thickened.
  3. Remove from heat and garnish with chopped fresh parsley and/or chives. Serves 6-8.

Nutrition

Calories 459kcal | Carbohydrates 20g | Protein 14g | Fat 36g | Saturated Fat 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat 3g | Monounsaturated Fat 15g | Trans Fat 0.2g | Cholesterol 87mg | Sodium 1016mg | Potassium 665mg | Fiber 2g | Sugar 8g | Vitamin A 1937IU | Vitamin C 19mg | Calcium 145mg | Iron 1mg

Notes

*Unless otherwise indicated, all butter used on this recipe site is salted.

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  1. 5 stars
    I like to use condensed can milk instead of milk/cream because it is less likely to curdle and are easy to have on hand.

    1. Hi Heather. That’s an interesting idea to use condensed milk. Does it add much sweetness to the soup? Perhaps evaporated milk might be another possibility. Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your thoughts.