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Greek Vegetable Soup with Jammy Eggs

A thick, olive-oil-rich soup of leek, carrot, potato, cannellini and chard, finished with fistfuls of parsley and oregano. A halved four-minute egg on each bowl bleeds its yolk into the broth.

  • YieldServes 4 to 8
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total1 h 42 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 120 mlextra-virgin olive oil, half for cooking, half for finishing; a little more for drizzling
  • 3 stalkscelery, trimmed and chopped
  • 2large onions, chopped
  • 1leek, trimmed, washed and chopped
  • 3large carrots, halved lengthwise and sliced 6 mm thick
  • 3 clovesgarlic, finely minced
  • 2large potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 1 candiced tomatoes (425 g), with their juice
  • 1400 mlvegetable stock or water
  • 1 cancannellini beans (425 g), drained and rinsed
  • 1 bunchlarge Swiss chard, stems trimmed, leaves cut into wide ribbons
  • 60 gfresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
  • 3 tbspfresh oregano, finely chopped

Jammy eggs

  • 4large eggs, at room temperature
  • to tastesea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Mediterranean

Contains

  • Egg
  • Celery
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Legumes (any)
  • Common beans (kidney, black, pinto, navy...)
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Leek
  • Swiss chard
  • Carrot
  • Oregano
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Brothy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Meal prep

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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