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Friday, January 14, 2011
Crock-Pot Golden Vegetable Soup and Creme Fraiche
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This lovely soup is a crock-pot home run. While there is a good deal of chopping involved in its preparation, once that's done, this is an effortless meal. The soup comes from the Normandy region of France and it is made with root vegetables that are simmered to submission and then puréed. The soup has a silken texture that is further enhanced by a final enrichment of crème fraiche which adds tang, as well as creaminess, to the finished product. If you like potato soup, I suspect you'll love this creamy Norman version. While the soup was selected for it delicious flavor, its color is also a lure at this time of year. Our skies here can be gray for days on end, so I like to bring sunshine to our table using vibrantly colored food. This soup is the color of molten gold and it's perfect for warming bodies and warding off winter's chill. The ingredients needed to make it are plentiful and can be found in any store at this time of year. If you make your own crème fraiche, the soup is also a bargain. I'm including a recipe for crème fraiche for those of you who want to make your own. It is simple to do, but once made, it needs to sit for at least 8 hours in order to thicken, so plan your time accordingly. The recipes were developed by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann and I found both recipes in their book, Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Entertaining. I hope you give them a try. Here are the recipes.
Crock-Pot Golden Vegetable Soup..from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann
2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 large yellow onions, chopped
3 leek, white and tender green, sliced 1/2-inch thick
6 medium-sized carrots, sliced 1/2-inch thick
6 medium size russet potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/4-inch thick
2 large turnips, peeled and sliced 1/2-inch thick
2 quarts boiling water or chicken broth
Salt and pepper to taste
1-1/2 cups crème fraiche
1) Rub bottom half of slow cooker insert with butter. Add onions, leeks, carrots, potatoes and turnips. Add boiling water or broth, and cook on LOW until vegetables are tender, about 6 to 8 hours.
2) Using an immersion blender, puree soup. Alternatively, transfer soup to a food processor or blender and working in batches, puree soup. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in crème fraiche, cover, and cook on LOW until heated through, about 20 minutes. Do not allow soup to boil. Serve immediately. Yield: 8 servings.
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Crème Fraiche..from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann
1 cup heavy or heavy whipping cream
1/3 cup full-fat sour cream or buttermilk
2 tablespoons full-fat plain yogurt containing acidophilus cultures
1) Combine heavy cream, sour cream and yogurt in a small bowl. Whisk until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature until thickened, 6 to 8 hours or overnight. Allow it to sit for a longer period of time will produce a thicker cream.
2) Transfer thickened cream to refrigerator and store, covered, until ready to use.
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45 comments :
- Chiara said...
Another delicious recipe, a soup warm and comfortable, perfect for this wet season, I wish you a pleasant day Mary, blessings....
- January 14, 2011 at 1:16 AM
- theUngourmet said...
I'm always thrilled to run across a new soup recipe! This looks so delicious and I love the idea of making my own creme fraiche! Happy Friday to you!
- January 14, 2011 at 1:20 AM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
What a good idea to use crock pot for making soups.
- January 14, 2011 at 2:48 AM
- Alessandra said...
Yellow onions... are they the ones with the brown skin?
The creme fraiche is a lovely addition :-)
- January 14, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
SOup looks absolutely inviting, homemade creme fraiche looks great..
- January 14, 2011 at 4:49 AM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
I will agree that this soup seems more fitting to a crock pot than your beautiful roast from yesterday. Though, you never do much wrong. A roast simply needs to be roasted...yes? Thank you for the creme fraiche recipe. I have been wnating to try this. Now I know it is a proven recipe. Thanks.
- January 14, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
Your photos are always so gorgeous! This simple soup looks so elegant!
- January 14, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Fabi said...
Really lovely, I bet it warms belly and soul.
Have a nice weekend!
- January 14, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Barbara said...
I've made a similar soup, Mary. I had roasted a pan of root veggies for dinner and took the leftovers and pureed them for lunch the next day. I added some stock. Love the idea of adding creme fraiche!
- January 14, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
The homemade creme fraiche is a wonderful addition to a great soup. I cannot wait to try this. Thanks for the link again!
- January 14, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- Unknown said...
That looks so creamy and delicious! And I have always wondered if you can make your own creme fraiche!! Thanks for sharing!
- January 14, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- Kim said...
I like making soups in crock pot. Of course it still involves that you peel and chop but it's kind of effotless! I like it a lot! This soup looks good... Plus i like creme fraiche!
- January 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM
- Flavia Galasso said...
While I was reading your post I asked myself...where can I find creme fraiche...and you answered with a nother interesting recipe...thank you MAry...may your weekend be sunny, warm and delish as your soup, hugs, sincerely yours, Flavia
- January 14, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
I can certainly make this soup (after chopping) quite easily with the aid of my new immersion blender! I very happy to have a tried and true recipe for creme fraiche. Even in our area, it isn't easy to come by.
Have a great weekend!
- January 14, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Emily Malloy said...
Love it! Soup is PERFECT this time of year!
- January 14, 2011 at 9:26 AM
- Choclette said...
Perfect, I was just thinking I wanted to do soup tonight to go with some soda bread I feel like making. This one sounds lovely with the creme fraiche in it too.
When we're organised, we make our own and just keep it going, but I've not used yogurt before, just buttermilk.
- January 14, 2011 at 9:47 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Perfect for "snowplow happy" days like today.
- January 14, 2011 at 9:55 AM
- claire said...
It has been so darn cold here- This would be perfect! I love my crockpot~!
- January 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Deana Sidney said...
I don't own a crockpot but imagine I could make it without... love the yogurt addition... and lower calories. This soup must be so good and good for you!
- January 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Banana Wonder said...
Nice! I was just wondering about vegetarian crock pot recipes since my roommate just busted out her crock pot. I love vegetable soups! Yum. Thanks for this recipe.
- January 14, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Gloria Baker said...
absolutely delicious dear Mary, have a lovely day, gloria
- January 14, 2011 at 11:32 AM
- Unknown said...
It's a beautiful soup...turnips, leeks...wonderful! I love the consistency and that it cooks away in the crock-Pot, fabulous!
- January 14, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
yummy,looks very healthy...
- January 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- aipi said...
Homemade cream fraiche..wow, thanks for the recipe Mary I am going to try it :)
Soup looks great, warm n hearty.. so apt for the weather!
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- January 14, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- The Red Umbrella said...
This looks like a something to dive into!
- January 14, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Joanne said...
I love that this uses a variety of root veggies because they add so many nutrients! Sounds like some serious comfort food.
- January 14, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- SKIP TO MALOU said...
I've never thought of using a crock pot to cook soup.. a new learning for the day... thanks Mary and I hope you have a great weekend!
- January 14, 2011 at 1:24 PM
Beautiful soup! I absolutely love pureed soups and using a slow cooker never crossed my mind! Thank you thank you! Have a great day. :)
-Meredith @A Busy Nest
- January 14, 2011 at 1:30 PM
- teresa said...
oh that looks just amazing, so velvety and flavorful, lovely!
- January 14, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
This looks wonderful! Why can't I find Creme Fraiche in the stores here? I've heard that in England, you can get like at least a dozen kinds of creams. Gald for that recipe, I've never quite known what makes it different.
- January 14, 2011 at 2:00 PM
- Tasha said...
Warm and comforting, chock full of good-for-you veggies and a vibrant, pretty color to boot- sounds like a perfect soup for these chilly winter days!
- January 14, 2011 at 2:06 PM
- workouteatin said...
This sounds delicious Mary! What size crock-pot did you use? Mine is a little on the small side, so I want to make sure it will all fit before I start chopping all of those veggies!
- January 14, 2011 at 2:23 PM
- flying eagle woman said...
:-) it's been awhile but dang that soup looks yummy - am going to try and stop at "old wives tale" and have a cup of hungarian mushroom this weekend...
love the creme fraisch recipe!! have ALWAYS wanted to see one!
Cheers - have a good weekend!
- January 14, 2011 at 3:52 PM
- Monet said...
I have certainly made stew with these root vegetables, but I've never thought to puree them. What a brilliant idea! Thank you for sharing such an effortless recipe. I hope your weekend overflows with good food, good friends, and love!
- January 14, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- Claudia said...
i love dishes where the work is done early and then you forget about it. The golden soup is gold! Winter sustenance. (Love the phrase "cooking the vegetables into submission!")
- January 14, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Noor said...
Oh Mary another hit from you. I love soup and my crockpot so I will give this one a try soon.
- January 14, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- Lori said...
I love pureed soup. And what could be better than creme fraiche with it!
- January 14, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- Melinda said...
Great for our wonderful weather.
Have a wonderful weekend.
- January 14, 2011 at 10:42 PM
- brokeintrovert said...
I cannot wait to try this. I received a crockpot from my mother this Christmas.
- January 14, 2011 at 11:06 PM
- xinex said...
Looks and sounds wonderful, Mary!..Christine
- January 14, 2011 at 11:44 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
I'm always needing more crock pot recipes. I love to have dinner all cooked when I get home from work. This soup sounds wonderful. :)
- January 14, 2011 at 11:58 PM
- Rhonda said...
I'm glad you found a crockpot recipe that is great. Pureed soups are so satisfing.
- January 15, 2011 at 12:33 AM
- Pondside said...
As I read and comment I have a big pot of stock 'brewing' on the stove. I think I'll try this - I have everything in the house except the cream, and that will be easy to come by.
- January 15, 2011 at 2:21 AM
- Miriam said...
Wow! I can practically taste this soup from your beautiful pictures, great recipe!! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
- January 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- rebecca @ beurrista said...
I can't wait to try out this soup- i haven't found many good crock pot recipes, but this one seems to sound like a winner!
- January 16, 2011 at 5:44 AM


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CNN dumps Soledad O'Brien from its morning show
Pat Cunningham
THIS probably isn't going to matter to most of you, since hardly anybody watches the show at issue anyway:
Soledad O'Brien will no longer be a host on CNN, but she's staying with the network — sort of.
O'Brien told the New York Times that she is returning to the role she had before she became the host of "Starting Point" in 2011: a roving documentary reports. The twist this time is that she is forming her own production company, Starfish Media, and will not be tied exclusively to CNN; she will be able to shop programs to other networks ...


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Editorial: The fiscal cliff was entirely avoidable
Here's to hoping the nation's elected leaders in Washington not only avert the so-called fiscal cliff that looms in a month but also make some headway in getting the nation's finances in order.
No country, no matter how wealthy, can borrow to spend and borrow to cut taxes forever.
The nature of politics is to lurch from crisis to crisis, deal to deal and, often, gimmick to gimmick. It is very hard for Congress in, let's say, 2012 to lay down hard-and-fast principles that future Congresses will observe. It is very hard for individual leaders to rise above the muck of the moment and do something unpopular — even if it's good for the country — especially if it means making common cause with their political rivals.
We have had in the last several years a series of gimmicks and poor fiscal decisions that have driven the federal deficit to untenable levels.
In 2001, President Bush pushed major tax cuts through Congress, ending the balanced budgets the country had enjoyed for a few years. Some of his fellow Republicans pointed out that these cuts were unsustainable, so to get those last two or three crucial Senate votes, a gimmick was born: We'll call them temporary tax cuts. We are now in the 12th year of a 10-year tax cut, and the expiration of those cuts is at the heart of the fiscal cliff worries. Add to that an expansion of Medicare to cover prescription drugs — without identifying funding for it but costing at least $400 billion over 10 years. Add two wars fought off-budget, as if the cost could be ignored. Add the payroll tax cut President Obama pushed through early in his first term — again a temporary measure. Add the spending and tax cuts for the stimulus programs.
The real gimmicks come when Congress deludes itself into thinking it will act boldly and responsibly tomorrow. In the summer of 2011, Congress turned a simple matter — raising the federal debt limit — into a game of political chicken. Nothing was accomplished, but there was real damage. One of the three major credit-rating agencies downgraded America's bond rating, bitterly ironic considering that the government continues to issue debt at historically favorable terms and finds a ready market for it.
In the midst of that brouhaha, Congress devised this gun to its own head: OK, OK, we'll work this out by the end of 2012 — promise — or else the Bush tax cuts expire and across-the-board spending cuts kick in. That scenario is so horrible and that even we in a feckless Congress will have to act. We'll appoint a commission to begin working on broad solutions right away. But that commission went nowhere.
So now another gimmick might backfire — and more credit downgrades loom — as the clock ticks.
It's not that good ideas aren't out there. President Obama appointed the Simpson-Bowles Commission, which recommended cutting farm subsidies and other corporate welfare, closing military bases overseas, raising the Social Security retirement age slowly and modestly, freezing federal pay and cutting the federal workforce over time through attrition, and setting aside funds for the inevitable natural disasters instead of pretending they won't occur.
And setting a lower, broader, fairer series of tax rates. Close the loopholes. Many pay less, but everyone pays.
President Obama thanked Democrat Bowles and Republican Simpson for their work and promptly dropped their common-sense agenda. After all, he had another election to win. Fine. That's over now. Let's go. It's still the best starting point for a discussion.
History suggests that even in a dysfunctional Congress, hope is not lost. Some leaders — sometimes the unlikeliest of leaders — can step up and make brave, historic decisions. And this is not to say all of the world's problems have to be solved by Dec. 31. But, to use Washington's term, you can't just kick the can down the road indefinitely.
The Examiner of Independence, Mo.


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Obessessive Peavywatch: There is "Nothing to" the Jake Peavy Rumors?
Chicago Cubs assistant GM Randy Bush was on XM radio recently, apparently attempted to dispel some of the Cubs-getting-Peavy rumors. We have come to expect such things from the Cubs front office.
But, well, the way Bush did it was was pretty stark:
Holden Kushner asked him about Jake Peavy and how many questions he fielded about Peavy during the convention. Bush added that the media has really overplayed the Cubs desire to trade for Peavy and he's really not sure why.
Bush said, "There's nothing to the Peavy stuff. We like our pitching staff and lineup the way it is. Peavy is a member of the Padres." The Cubs are in the process of getting ready for Spring Training. ChicagoCubsOnline.com.
Posturing? Probably. But there's certainly a difference between the latter two sentences (we like our team, Peavy is not on our team), and saying there's "nothing" to the rumors.


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Unfortunately for, uh, all citizens of Earth, the Girls reality show is apparently underway: ABC has picked it up and already chosen a star, a 25-year-old publicist named Hailey Glassman whose achievements include, hand to God, dating Jon Gosselin and being on an episode of My Life is A Lifetime Movie. She's also oranger than motherfucking Zoe the Sesame Street muppet.
"They've already cast Hailey because she sort of epitomizes the mid-to-upper class 20-something trying to make it in New York City," says the source. ALL WRONG. Most of the girls I know in this demo dated Bob Duggar and were on an episode of Extreme Couponing. And they're fuschia. Get it right. [Radar Online]
Allison Williams says whenever her NBD just totally normal anonymous dad Brian Williams meets one of her Girls sex scene partners, he slaps them on the back and says "That was hilarious!" BriWi! <3 [NYDN]
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Amanda Bynes posted a photo of Jay-Z to her Twitter with the caption "ugly face," apropos of absolutely nothing (which is admittedly the Amanda Bynes way), and deleted it shortly after. In fact, she massively wiped her Tweets, leaving only 13 nuggets of 140-char-or-less genius for us to parse. Somewhere, bagpipe taps are playing. Oh, and I'm sure Jay-Z is whining about trolls to Beyoncé as they eat 14-karat gold-flecked Eggs Benedict in bed right now. [Daily Mail]
Bizarro friends Lindsay Lohan and Woody Allen reunited at the amfAR New York Gala last night to support HIV/AIDS research, to which she was not officially invited but appeared on the arm of Saudi oil heir and film producer Mohammed Al Turki. Much was made of Allen and Lohan's dinner "meeting" back in May (Allen: "I met her at a party and we got together for dinner, but I would not hesitate for a second to use her if I had a role that was good for her because she's an extremely talented girl.") And charming, too:
After the event, Lohan changed clothes and headed to SL nightclub around midnight with Turki, but was turned away at the door after she was spotted screaming outside, "Where is my fur coat!"
Everyone's friend and Dionne's totally on-and-off boyf Donald Faison says that his pregnant wife Cacee Cobb and her pregnant best friend Jessica Simpson think that having their wombs full of cells at the same time is so fetch. "Imagine if you and your best friend were pregnant at the same time – Cacee's loving it. They hang out all the time anyway, but now they hang out and talk baby stuff, look at baby stuff online, and go shopping for baby stuff together." A nice break from their usual chats about nuclear fission. [People]
Secretary director Steven Shainberg is "combining eroticism and humor" once again in The Big Shoe, which will star Jim Sturgess, Kristen Stewart and Elizabeth Banks in a modern fairy tale about foot fetishes.
Sturgess plays a gifted shoe designer forced to break free from a family who wants to turn his designs into mass-produced knock-offs. The family hires psychotherapist Mary Kay (Banks) and muse Delphi (Stewart) to lure him back to work.
- James Cromwell was arrested for protesting against cat cruelty at University of Wisconson Madison, which PETA claims annually "starved, deafened, and decapitated for brain research that hasn't accomplished its goals of improving human hearing." [TMZ]
- Rick Ross laughs in the face of danger. Ha ha ha ha! But srsly, be careful, Rick Ross. :-0 [TMZ]
- As it turns out, the swatting prank on Ashton Kutcher's L.A. home was perpetrated by a 12-year-old boy. At least it's an even intellectual playing field. [TMZ]
- In just-released archived interviews, Alfred Hitchcock said that Psycho was meant to be a comedy. (The remake WAS an unintentional comedy.) [Telegraph UK]
- Rooney Mara, a true purist, wore a strawberry blonde merkin for her nude scenes in Girl With The Dragon Tattoo because Lisbeth Salander was originally a redhead. [Crushable]
- Anna Faris will star in Ellen Page's directorial debut, Miss Stevens, about a teacher who accompanies her students on a drama competition (alternate title: Miss Stevens Just Spent An Entire Three Fucking Hour Coach Bus Trip Listening To Extra-Loud Simultaneous Renditions of "Take Me Or Leave Me" From RENT So Do You Have Any Excedrin?) [Deadline]
- Adele makes $65,000 a day. And you totally still think she'd be a fun, down-to-earth person to get brunch with, right? I do. It's truly a modern marvel. [Toronto Sun]
- The first paparazzi photo of Anna Paquin's baby concretely proves that it is a baby. Case dismissed. *Insert gavel noise here.* [Us Weekly]
- Cissy Houston thinks the fact that Clive Davis invited her to his annual pre-Grammy party—right before which, one year ago, her daughter Whitney Houston passed away—is "obscene." Davis is planning the evening as a tribute to Whitney. [Us Weekly]
- How awkward do you guys think this picture of Jennifer Lopez, Mark Anthony and Casper Smart was to take, like on a scale of 1 to Todd Solondz scene? [Us Weekly]
- "I was just a jerk," says John Mayer, which is totally breaking news that ~*~*noooobody*~*~ knew about, just like how America seceded from England and water is wet. [People]
- Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer saw each other across a crowded restaurant and bro-hugged. I smell a middlebrow USA Network comedy called Spitz On Weiner. [Page Six]
- Bill collectors and foreclosure officers are hounding the Lohan home on Long Island, where Lindsay just moved back in. [NYDN]
- Okay, so apparently Leighton Meester's ex-boyfriend Sebastian Stan and his new girlfriend Mae Whitman (Ann on Arrested Development) were judges on a Food Network show. A friend of Jezebel night editor Laura Beck was in attendance, and she heard Stan going on and on about Leighton and Whitman being annoyed. This is mostly notable because who, Egg?
- Tori Spelling's car broke down and she Instagrammed a scowling picture of herself and the kids on the side of the road, so go ahead and add that super-important intel to the cacophony of your brain! [NYDN]


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Precedo Capital and Continental Advisors filed a $124 million lawsuit (Scribd PDF) against Twitter on Wednesday. The two companies allege that they were told to organize a private sale of stocks (which was ultimately and intentionally cancelled) in order to generate higher-priced interest in Twitter's upcoming IPO. Twitter's stock is expected to go public in November.
"Twitter's intention was to induce Precedo Capital and Continental Advisors to create an artificial private market wherein Twitter could maintain that a private market existed at or about $19 per share for the Twitter stock," according to the lawsuit. As AllThingsD points out, this number would allow Twitter to set a floor price per share that gave the company a $10.9 billion valuation on the high end.
According to the complaint, Twitter had authorized GSV Asset Management to buy up and then re-sell the Twitter shares.
Fundamentally, Precedo and Continental are accusing Twitter of setting up a sale it intended to cancel in order to generate future sales. The pair alleges that such a move damages their reputation as credible financial companies. "Twitter never intended to complete the offering on behalf of Twitter stockholders, in the private market, thereby causing substantial damages to the plaintiffs in the loss of commissions, fees, and expenses, as well as through their business reputation," the lawsuit says.
According to the filing (submitted to a US District Court in Manhattan), Precedo is a Delaware corporation that is "paid commissions and fees for selling exempt securities to accredited investors." Continental Advisors is a Luxembourg-based finances and consulting company that works with organizations who want to place securities with non-US accredited institutions. Reuters reports that the two companies claimed to have secured commitments for the first $50 million block of Twitter stock.
For its part, Twitter has denied any partnership with Precedo and Continental. Spokesman Jim Prosser issued a statement to both AllThingsD and Reuters, saying "their claim is completely without merit."