Soffritto and Mirepoix - a veg trio of umami flavour for plant-based dishes 🌱

Name: Soffritto and Mirepoix - a veg trio of umami flavour for plant-based dishes 🌱
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 Onions; 1 Carrot

Rachel @rachel

Oxford, England

Soffritto and Mirepoix are an amazing flavour combination and a delicious and healthy way to add loads of flavour to veggie dishes. These provide the base for many Italian, Spanish and French soups, stocks, sauces, rice and lentil dishes. Soffritto is sautéed and goes well with tomatoes, garlic and herbs and is also the base for my homemade vegetable stock. My soffritto is a rougher version of my mirepoix which is chopped very finely and is used in my French lentil vinaigrette. Also see recipes for homemade veg stock and bouquet garni🌿

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Ingredients

2Onions
1Carrot
1 stick Celery

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Steps

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Wash, peel and chop the vegetables finely by hand or in the food processor. Soffritto means fried and you can sauté in a little olive oil or vegan butter. You can cook until translucent or browned depending on your recipe. This makes a great base and can be used in homemade vegetable stocks, soups, stews and legume dishes. I often add garlic and herbs or a bouquet garni.

Batch prep and freeze your soffritto/mirepoix

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Batch prep and freeze your soffritto/mirepoix

Soffritto and Mirepoix are the base for many stocks and soups and adds so much flavour to lentil dishes. It’s so much quicker to make this in batches and to keep in the freezer ready for use. I sometimes make this in the food processor, rather than by hand and just defrost as I need it. My soffritto is a blended slightly more than my chunkier Mirepoix. See recipes.

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Rachel @rachel

on January 10, 2021 14:01

Oxford, England

@rachel_madewithplantsI love to cook vegan, seasonal, plant-based dishes. For me, cooking is fun and I particularly love a challenge! I’ve always loved to cook, but it wasn’t until I became vegan that I became really excited about creating recipes. I realised that the old cooking ‘rules’ were not rules at all and you can be as creative and imaginative with food as you like; I’m a true veg lover and I’m known for trying to ‘veganise’ anything and everything 🌱