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Soupe de chalet
Vegetable, pasta and cheese soup
Soupe de chalet: Fribourg herdsmen's soup of vegetables, pasta, milk and cheese
Soupe de chalet comes from the mountain huts of the Fribourg Alps, around Gruyères and the Jaun valley, where herdsmen spending the summer with their cows made a hearty soup from what they had: potatoes, leeks, spinach and whatever the garden gave, small pasta, milk and cream from the herd, finished with a handful of melting Gruyère. Today it is the comfort food of Fribourg's autumn and the Désalpe, when the herds come down. Gruyère is made with animal rennet, so use a vegetarian Swiss-style cheese. A common mistake is boiling it hard once the milk goes in, which can split it. Chef's tip: add the cheese to each bowl rather than to the pot, so it melts into strings as you eat.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the soup
- 1 oz butter
- 1 onionchopped
- 1 leeksliced
- 10 ½ oz potatoesdiced
- 1 carrotdiced
- 3 ¼ cups vegetable stock
- 1 ¼ cups whole milk
- ½ cup double cream
- 3 ½ oz spinachchopped
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 4 oz Gruyère-style cheesegrated; vegetarian
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Method
0/4 doneStep 2: Add 10 ½ oz potatoes and 3 ¼ cups vegetable stock and simmer 10 minutes. Add 2 ⅞ oz small pasta (macaroni or ditali) and simmer 8–10 minutes, until tender.
20 minStep 3: Add 1 ¼ cups whole milk, ½ cup double cream, 3 ½ oz spinach, ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp black pepper and heat gently for 3 minutes, without boiling. Common mistake: boiling; it can split.
3 minStep 4: Ladle into bowls and top each with 4 oz Gruyère-style cheese.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 480 kcal
- Protein
- 20 g
- Carbs
- 42 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does soupe de chalet take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
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