It’s all about the sauce in this one friends.
chop the vegetables so they are rather chunky at the very least
grapeseed oil for frying
1 spanish onion, roughly chopped
9 cloves garlic, minced
2 layers of a fennel bulb, chopped
1 poblano pepper, stemmed, seeded, chopped
2 parsnips, peeled & chopped
3 carrots, peeled & chopped
1 zucchini, chopped
12 cremini mushrooms, halved or quartered
1 TB fennel seeds
1 TB coriander seeds
1 tsp black peppercorns
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp onion seeds
1/4 tsp caraway seeds
1 clove
1 TB paprika
3 TB dijon mustard
1/2 C passata (pureed tomatoes)
2 TB balsamic reduction
1/2 C wine
2 C vegetable broth
1 TB basil
1 TB oregano
salt to taste
1. heat the oil. add onions and fry until they start wilting a bit
2. add garlic, fennel, and pepper. keep frying for a few minutes.
3. add the carrots and parsnips, fry for a frew minutes.
4. add the zucchini and mushrooms and fry to mix everything up.
5. mix all the seeds, peppercorns, and clove in a spice mill (coffee grinder) to form a powder. Add paprika.
6. add the powder to the vegetables, and stir to coat.
7. add the mustard, passata, vinegar, wine, and broth. mix thoroughly.
8. add the rest of the seasonings. mix it real good.
9. simmer until you’re happy with it.
10. serve on leftover rice, or whatever all else you feel like.
enjoy.
Mustard, there’s a good idea. Might try adding that next time I make a vegetable stew.
also marmite is a good soup base – not so sure about vegemite, but it might work too.
We have had success with vegemite in soups and stews. The husband uses it on occasion when he’s not slathering it on bread. I have a love/hate relationship with the stuff and don’t cook with it :D
I’ve only tried vegemite once, and I must say that it didn’t appeal to my Northern palate at all – a bit on the salty side for my taste, and there I was thinking I had developed a sophisticated taste for salty things.
I discovered marmite through some ex-pats from the UK, and I guess I liked the gelatinous yeastiness of it (Unless it was the butter, which is much more likely)
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