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Report on manioc soup - 2006/12/05 20:20
Well I went out and got the stuff to make this soup with today and I made it tonight, and it was good. 
I changed it a little though.
I got the yucca root/manioc/cassava and I peeled it, cut it into chunks, and grated it and soaked it in water a few times and drained off most of the milky juice instead of cutting it into chunks. I don't want to eat too much of that milky juice because one time a few months back I made the mistake of taking a bite of the manioc raw and it made my mouth go numb... so it just makes me feel better to get rid of a lot of that juice. It probalby wouldn't hurt anything anyway though since its cooked later on in the recipe, but this is just what I do with it.
Anyway it was a lot of work, but it was worth it when I had the root all grated up in a bowl and ready to use.
I took one big onion, the recipe calls for two, but I used one. It probably would have been better with two, or at least one and a half, but since it was a big onion (Mayan Sweet variety), I didn't want to overpower the soup so I only used one. I diced that up and then threw it into a big frying pan and boiled it with some of the Swanson vegetable broth (out of a can) until the onion was translucent.
I dumped the onion in a big pot, drained the manioc which I'd left soaking in some more water, dumped that in, then I poured the rest of the can of vegetable broth in and four cups of water.
I boiled it for about 8 minutes. It didn't take 20 like the recipe says because the recipe talks about whole chunks and mine was all grated up so it got soft a lot faster.
Then I just put it into the blender, 1/3 at a time, and poured each 1/3 into another bowl as I did it.
It does need some salt and pepper but it has a good taste.
I keep thinking it needs something else though, but then maybe I"m just not used to soups like this. I'm used to the regular kind with chunks of food inside broth rather than the blended kind.
It made a lot of soup, so I'm happy.
If you do make it it's probably a good idea to make sure your pets (or companion animals, if you prefer that term) don't get into any of the root, juice, or soup, because it may be poisonous to them. Onion isn't good for dogs either but I'm really concerned about what the manioc might do to them or to cats or other pets if they ate it. I was constantly cleaning up to make sure mine didn't eat any of the little grated pieces that fell to the floor.
Here's the recipe that was on a link that Mr. Falafel gave me:
Yucca Root Soup Or Manioc Soup
Serving Size: 4
1 Yucca root -- peeled and cut into pieces
5 teaspoons Organic Gourmet veggie broth
5 cups Water (more if needed to cover the veggies)
2 Onions -- chopped and sauted in some of the broth
Salt and pepper to taste
Boil the yucca root pieces in the broth until tender (about 20 minutes)
along with the sauted onion pieces.
When tender, put into the blender a portion at a time.
It thickens by itself. Add salt and pepper to taste.
It made about 4-5 good sized bowls of soup.
Serve with some good bread
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