Best Dutch Brown Ragout Soup Recipes

SPRING CHICKEN RAGOUT WITH HANDMADE EGG NOODLES

Steps:

• 1. In your mixer with a dough hook, combine flour and salt. Add the slightly beaten egg and mix- mixture should form a stiff dough. Add 4 tablespoons water and mix until well combined and then using dough hook mix on medium speed 5 more minutes.
• 2. Using a rolling pin, roll dough out 1/8 thickness.
• 3. Cut into strips egg noodle width.
• 4. Now that your noodles are prepared, cover them with plastic wrap and begin your soup.
• 5. In a dutch oven heat olive oil on medium heat. Salt and pepper your chicken thighs. Add chicken thighs skin side down and cook until skin is golden brown and crispy. This will add amazing flavor and richness to your chicken broth later on.
• 6. Turn and brown the bottom of the chicken thighs as you did the tops. Remove from pot and add wine minced garlic, celery and onions - at this point to cook until translucent while deglazing the pot.
• 7. Return chicken to pot. Add chicken stock. Tie the thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf together using one of the sprigs of thyme - you will pull these out at the end. Add to the chicken and stock along with the carrot and leek put the lid on.
• 8. Simmer on medium-low for 10 minutes. Add mushrooms and asparagus and continue to cook for 10 minutes.
• 9. Add lemon zest and juice, give it a taste test and add salt and pepper as desired.
• 10. Remove chicken thighs. Skin them and remove the meat from the bone and add it back to the pot. Add egg noodles and give it a stir. Cook for 7 minutes or until pasta is done. Remove herbs and enjoy (:

DUTCH BROWN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Put the beans in a pan with the water and bay leaf, bring to the boil.
• Boil rapidly for 10 minutes, then simmer for 1 1/2 hours or until the beans are tender.
• Then add the leeks, carrot, potato, Worcestershire and salt and pepper, simmer for another 30 minutes.
• Taste the soup or you want to add a stock cube.
• You can puree the soup at this point, but it is nicest when you just mash the beans and potatoes a bit so it thickens.
• Add the celery leaves 5 minutes before serving.
• Other additions/fillings for the soup: left-over cooked beef or pork, tiny meatballs, slices of smoked sausage, hot sauce, ketchup.
• Fried onions and bacon for serving.

DUTCH BROWN RAGOUT SOUP

Steps:

• Saute the first five ingredients with bacon in butter until tender.
• Add the flour and stir constantly for about 4- 5 minutes.
• Add 3 cups of the broth, stirring to avoid any lumps.
• Add the rest of the broth and push through a sieve, or use immersion blender to make a thick broth.
• Add the seasonings, the wine, meatballs and mushrooms.
• Simmer for 20 minutes, or until the mushrooms are barely cooked and the meatballs are heated through.

BRATWURST SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook and crumble bratwurst with onion and carrot over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, 5-7 minutes; drain. , Stir in beans, jalapeno, pepper and broth; bring to a boil. Whisk together flour and 1/2 cup milk until smooth; stir into soup. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, about 5 minutes. Gradually stir in remaining milk. Add cheese; cook and stir over low heat until melted.

DUTCH BROWN BEAN SOUP (NETHERLANDS)

Steps:

• In a large pot, fry the bacon in the butter, then add shallots, carrot, leek & ground paprika, mixing well.
• Add beans, tomato puree, beef stock & bay leaves, then bring the soup to a boil. Reduce heat & simmer 15 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves, then season to taste with salt, pepper & Worcestershire sauce.
• With a stick blender of food processor, process the soup until somewhat smooth. Add celery leaves just before serving.