‘Brata’ is the Irish word for flag, and ‘pota’ is the word for marijuana. Because of how the colors of the Irish flag appear when the veggies are chopped up, this hearty vegetable soup is known as flag soup. It is known as “mirepoix” in French and “soffrito” in Italian. It creates a delicious soup for those chilly winter days in either case. Serve alongside stale bread rolls.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 large white onions, diced
- 3 large carrots, diced
- 3 large stalks celery, diced
- 6 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 ½ quarts vegetable broth
- 3 tablespoons dried sage
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir the onions, carrots, celery, and garlic in the hot oil until the onions are translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Pour the vegetable stock into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Season with the sage, salt, and black pepper. Reduce heat to low, place a cover on the pot, and cook until the flavors blend, about 1 hour.
- Pour the soup into a blender pitcher to no more than half full. Hold the lid of the blender firmly in place. Carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into your serving vessel. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup in the cooking pot.
Reviews
Easy to prepare from easy ingredients. Have made this for guests who all enjoyed it. After making it several times now, I would recommend adding some butter with the olive oil, and reducung the sage to 2 tablespoons
I was looking forward to replicating the delicious pureed vegetable soup I’d had in the pubs in Ireland this summer but this recipe didn’t work for me.
I’m sorry, none my family liked this. I followed to a T and just after I saw the sage amount I questioned myself whether to add or not to add? I added it, because the submitter says 3 TBSPs….but I think it’s wrong. The sage is way way over powering and pungent, and you could taste the sweetness of the carrots over it, which made it rather a weird soup that was in-edible. Sorry…not something I’d make or recommend again.
Delicious! My family loved it!
Good- helps my low fat diet.