Soups & Salads from the 5 elements kitchen

A warming soup or stew is exactly what we need in the cold season to feel vital and healthy. In summertime you can increase the amount of raw food again...

Salad with baked goat cheese

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Salad with baked goat cheese from the 5 elements kittchenIngredients:
1 slightly bitter salad (F)
3 – 4 twigs of fresh parsley (Wo)
4 little round fresh goat cheeses or feta cheese (F),
1 Egg(E), 6 tablespoons of corn flour and polenta each (E), Pepper (M), unrefined salt (Wa)
Dressing: 2 tablespoons of virgin olive oil (E), 1 teaspoon of  grained mustard (M), unrefined salt (Wa), 1 dash of lemon juice (Wo), 2 teaspoons of white balsamic vinegar (Wo), 1 small yoghurt (Wo), 4 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese (F)

Wash the salad and arrange on a big plate. Mix oil, mustard, salt, lemon juice, vinegar, yoghurt and parmesan cheese to make the dressing and pour over the salad.
Toss the goat cheese first in the corn flour, than in the whisked egg and finally in the polenta and fry in a pan with little olive oil until golden-brown. Serve with the salad.  
Strengthens: Fire
thermal energy: refreshing-neutral
Vegetarian dish

   

Spring soup Indonesian style (serves 6)

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5 elements recipe: Spring soup Indonesian styleIngredients:
½ organic chicken (Wo)
1 bunch of parsley (Wo)
1 twig of fresh thyme (F)
2 carrots  (E)
¼ celery (E)
½ leek (M)
1 little piece of fresh ginger (M)
2 garlic cloves (M)
unrefined salt (Wa)
2 twigs of lemongrass (Wo)
curcuma (F)
virgin olive oil (E)

Mash ginger, garlic, salt, lemongrass and curcuma until getting a smooth spicy paste. Fry the mixture in a large pot together with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add 2 litres of cold water as well as the chicken, persil, thyme, carrots, celery and leek and bring to simmer for at least an hour.
Take the cooked chicken out of the broth and pass the soup through a sieve (we do not use the vegetables – the broth has soaked all the energy from it). Season with salt or soy sauce. You can add the juice of ½ a lime and cut the chicken meat into slices and put it back to the soup if you like.
If you want to strengthen the wood element even more, you can add some sprouts before serving. To strengthen the metal element, you can add rice noodles or 2 tablespoons of cooked rice.
Strengthens: Wood
thermal energy: warm, neutral
contains meat

   

Carrot ginger soup (serves 4)

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Carrot ginger soup from the 5 elements kittchenIngredients:
2 tablespoons of  virgin olive oil (E)
750 g diced carrots  (E)
1 small shallot (M)
aprox. 7 cm of fresh ginger, grated (M)
1 garlic clove (M)
1 pinch of mild curry powder (M)
500 ml water (Wa)
½ teaspoon of unrefined salt (Wa)
Juice of two oranges (Wo)
1 pinch of curcuma (F)
3 tablespoons of soy cream (E)
some fresh coriander leaves (M)

Sear the carrots together with the chopped shallot and garlic and the grated ginger in olive oil for 2-3 minutes. Dust with curry powder. Add the water little by little and let boil until the carrots are soft. Mash the carrots and season with salt, orange juice and curcuma. Serve with a dab of soy cream and coriander.
Strengthens: Metal & Earth
thermal energy: warm
Vegan dish