Name: vegetable broth
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: española
Ingredients: 2 green peppers; 1 red pepper; 1 onion; 4 cloves of garlic; 2 leeks; 2 bunches of celery; 40 grams of pumpkin; 4 carrots; 3 potatoes; 1 zucchini; 300 grams of cabbage; 150 grams of cilantro; croutons; sherry wine; 1 liter of water; Salt to taste

Today's recipe was always prepared by my grandmother when I was little on cold winter days. During the month of December, when school finished, I always went to eat at his house. I remember that at that time the winters were much colder and I always arrived with my nose and ears frozen.

To warm up, she always waited for me with a cup of broth on the table. So as soon as I arrived she would take me and I would sit down like a fairytale as she would warm up and my whole body would thaw.

Depending on the day, the consommé was different. Some days it was made with chicken, other days with fish, and sometimes it was consommé prepared with vegetables.

Today I arrived home frozen, since during this week there have been heavy snowfalls and very low temperatures throughout the country. Just when I got home I remembered those broths that my grandparents made for me when I was little and I decided to prepare a nice warm consommé. Unfortunately I didn't have any meat in the refrigerator so I decided that today it was time to cook a homemade vegetable broth, suitable for vegans and vegetarians.

This vegetable broth recipe is very simple and simply requires vegetables that we have in the refrigerator, water and a pinch of salt. The vegetables in this recipe are totally optional, you can add more, less or other vegetables that you like.

In addition, if you want you can also add a little chicken or meat and prepare an exquisite chicken consommé with vegetables.

On many occasions I also add a splash of sherry wine and some croutons. It is very rich!

So now you know, if you have come home cold and want to prepare a healthy, nutritious dish that will warm you up, then try our grandmother's homemade consommé made from vegetables and greens.

How to make vegetable broth

We will start our homemade consommé recipe by cutting and preparing the vegetables, which is the most important part of this wonderful dish. We take the leek, remove the green part and cut the white stem in half lengthwise, obtaining two pieces.
We wash the celery and also cut it lengthwise.
We peel the onions and cut them in half. We can make little holes with a fork inside the onions so that when the broth cooks it takes on more flavor.
We remove the skin and cut the pumpkin into medium-sized cubes.
Cut the zucchini into slices. We recommend not removing the skin from it to obtain a better flavor of the vegetable soup.
Peel and cut the carrots and potatoes. We prefer dice-shaped cuts for these two vegetables. However, you can choose the cut you prefer.
We open the peppers in half, pour water and remove the seeds from inside. Cut it into pieces and reserve.
Cut the coriander finely. Peel the garlic cloves and reserve.
In a pot full of water (1 liter) we add the garlic cloves, onion, peppers, celery, leek and cilantro. Optionally we can add a pinch of salt to the mixture of ingredients. We turn on the fire and let it cook over high heat.
We control the cooking and when the water starts to boil, we cover the pot and lower the heat a little. Let the vegetables cook over medium heat for 20-25 minutes.
After these 20-25 minutes, we take the vegetables out of the pot, put them in the blender along with a glass of the vegetable broth that we just prepared and let them blend.
When all the vegetables are well crushed, we put the ingredients back into the pot and add the carrot and pumpkin. Let cook for 15 minutes over medium heat.
Then we add the remaining foods: potatoes, cabbage and zucchini. We cover the pot again and put on low heat. Let cook for about 20 minutes. It is important to control the state of the vegetables. When the potato softens, it is an indication that we can put out the fire.
Season to taste and we already have a wonderful vegetable broth to warm up on the coldest days of the year.