Cabbage and Sausage Cream Soup

In my family every body always falls for sausages... my 5 year old only knows two food names...sausage and chicken...when ever I present a meal in front her she asks only one question"what is it?? sausage/chicken??" So yesterday when she is in those moody like ways, you know,every mother has to face it.."don't like eating"!!,way,I thought that there is quiet a lot of sausage in the fridge,lets bribe her...

Then there is that cabbage head which  I bought, keeping in mind, that ,I would try out something new other than "bandhakopir tarkari"(cabbage curry). I would think something out of the box...when ever I think of cabbage I can't go beyond that torkari,with peas and potato. It's like a staple, in Bengali winter!! But no.. I wanted something new this time...so surf, surf, and after lots of surfing on the net  got this delicious looking, bowl of soup, recipe!! As I didn't have exact ingredients I have to alter a tiny-winy bit.  didn't have celery so I added garlic and onion stalk cube...And also I didn't had those mentioned sausages...bratwurst, knackwurst or kielbasa,first two is I think German and the last one is Polish. I was stocked with regular Belgian pork sausage....so I altered it with that..and voila this, healthy to the body,good for the soul and above all,easy to cook, recipe is formed..So here goes my recipe friends!!


Ingredients:

1 lb   fully cooked pork sausage, sliced into 1/2 inch slices

3-4   potatoes, peeled and cubed

1 medium  onion, chopped

1/2 small  head cabbage, shredded

2 medium  Carrots, sliced

3-4 mushrooms, thickly sliced 

Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

3 cup   milk

3 tbsp   all purpose flour

1 cup  emmental, shredded

1 tbsp chopped garlic

1 onion and garlic stock cube,crumbled

Chilli Flakes,optional

Method: 

In a big pan combine all the vegetables and sausages. Add the stock cube and 3 cups of hot water. Bring it to a boil and reduce the heat and simmer.When the potatoes are nearly half done add the cabbage and mushroom. Cook until all the veggies are properly cooked. Add half the amount of milk now. Mix remaining milk and flour and make a paste pour it over the soup. When it turns thick and bubbly add the cheese and ground pepper, give it a stir and remove it from the heat. Serve it with your choice of bread and extra dose of ground pepper and chilli flakes...I served it with a easy Cheese and Garlic Quick Bread!!

P.S. You can use any kind of sausage..chicken or those veggie kind. Or just boneless chicken pieces....or you can totally omit the meat and go for veggie option..In that case add some corn or green peas for the crunch and increase the amount of mushroom.. It will give a chewy and meaty  effect!!

Recipe Source:http://www.justapinch.com