Widow's soup (Soppa tal-armla)
 
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A perfect Winter warmer and even great in Summer if the weather isn't behaving itself!
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Cuisine: Maltese
Ingredients
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves sliced
  • 4 sticks celery (Maltese celery if you have it - karfus)
  • 3 carrots chopped
  • ½ cabbage shredded
  • ½ cauliflower chopped into florets (include leaves)
  • 150 g broad beans (replace with peas if you don't have broad beans)
  • 3 potatoes chopped
  • 1 courgette chopped
  • 2 large tomatoes chopped
  • 1 kohlrabi chopped (optional)
  • 2 vegetable stock cubes
  • 2 tbs tomato paste
  • Warm boiled water
  • 4 gbejniet (optional and can replace with firm ricotta)
  • 4 eggs (optional)
  • Olive oil for frying
Instructions
  1. Into a large pot add some olive oil and fry the garlic and onion for 5 minutes or until starting to soften.
  2. Add the celery, carrots and fry for a further five minutes.
  3. Add the cabbage, cauliflower, broad beans (if adding peas only add in the last 15 minutes) and potatoes and courgette and fry all vegetables for ten more minutes.
  4. Add tomatoes, tomato paste and crushed stock cubes, and gently stir.
  5. Add enough warm boiled water to fill up to ¾ of the pot and make sure that the vegetables have been covered.
  6. Bring to the boil and then simmer for 45 minutes.
  7. Add the gbejniet or ricotta and cook for a further 15 minutes.
  8. If you are also adding eggs, gently crack and add on top in the last remaining ten minutes.
Recipe by A Maltese Mouthful at https://www.amaltesemouthful.com/widows-soup-soppa-tal-armla/