Vegetable Cream: Discover The Best Recipes

Vegetable and dairy creams offer us a large amount of fiber, minerals and vitamins. They are a one hundred percent healthy food, which has different preparations, all with an exquisite flavor.

Creating an exquisite cream, with a healthy and intense flavor, does not require a lot of effort. Prepare a delicious vegetable cream with this recipe to offer a nutritious dish, which will appeal to even the little ones.  

1. Traditional vegetable cream

Ingredients

• 2 leeks (60 g)
• 1 carrot (30 g)
• 1 pinch of pepper.
• 1 and a half liters of water.
• 1 large zucchini (50 g)
• 1 cube of vegetable broth.
• 1 cup of spinach leaves (100 g)
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil (20 ml).

Preparation

1. After washing them well, cut the leeks, courgettes and carrot into small cubes.
2. Over low heat, fry everything in the oil until it begins to brown.
3. Add the spinach and the stock cube dissolved in ¾ of a liter of water. Boil for 10 minutes.
4. Mash to obtain a fine cream. Then season to taste with salt and pepper.
5. Serve cold or hot, with small pieces of ham. You can garnish with diced ham or grated cheese.
6. It is an ideal recipe for losing weight.

2. Vegetable cream with apple

Ingredients

• 2 potatoes (60 g)
• 2 onions (60 g)
• 1 apple (30 g)
• 12 zucchini (750 g).
• Fresh coriander leaves.
• Olive oil to taste.
• Sesame seeds to decorate.

Preparation

1. Cut the onion brunoise. Put it on very low heat with the olive oil, a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of baking soda, until it is caramelized. Half an hour later, the onion should have a yellowish color.
2. Meanwhile, peel the courgettes and cut them into small pieces. Set them aside.
3. When the onion is almost caramelized, cut the potato and apple. Not before, to prevent them from oxidizing.
4. Now put the zucchini together with the caramelized onions and sauté for three minutes.
5. Five minutes later, add about 400 milliliters of water and the chopped potato. Cook for 15 minutes or until the potato is cooked through.
6. Add the apple and cook for another five minutes. Mash the mixture until you get a delicate cream.
7. Serve the cream garnished with sesame seeds and fresh coriander leaves. A glass of white wine is the perfect match.

3. Cream of tomato, carrot and ginger

Ingredients

• 1 pinch of salt.
• 1 pinch of pepper.
• Powdered ginger.
• Green mint leaves.
• 6 carrots (120 g)
• 1 kilo of ripe tomatoes.
• 3 tablespoons of oil (40 ml).
• 4 tablespoons of blueberry jam (50 g).

Preparation

1. Wash the tomatoes and cut them into four parts.
2. In a large pan put three tablespoons of oil and fry the tomatoes over low heat, so that they release the water.
3. Peel and chop the carrots. Add to the pan so that they simmer in the tomato water.
4. Half an hour later, add the ginger powder and salt. You must then crush the mixture and pass it through a sieve, to remove the remains of skin and seeds of the tomato.
5. The tomato, carrot and ginger cream should be served with a spoonful of cranberry jam in the center. Decorate with the mint leaves.

4. Cream of various vegetables and cheese

Ingredients

• 4 mini cheeses.
• Salt to taste
• 2 zucchini (80 g)
• 4 carrots (60 g)
• 2 leeks (60 g)
• 2 potatoes (60 g)
• ½ pumpkin (40 g).
• 1 small broccoli (40 g)
• Extra virgin olive oil.
• Mineral water (what you need).
• 2 cubes of concentrated vegetable broth.

Preparation

1. Wash the courgettes, remove the tips and cut into small pieces. You can peel them or not, depending on the color you want the cream to have.
2. Wash and peel the carrots, potatoes and pumpkin and cut them into pieces.
3. Wash the broccoli and cut it into pieces, removing the stem.
4. Put the oil in a deep pan and brown the leeks for a few minutes, until soft. Add the zucchini, carrots, potatoes, squash and broccoli, mixing so they don’t stick.
5. Add water until all the ingredients are covered. When it starts to boil, add the vegetable stock cubes and salt. If necessary, add more water.
6. Remove the pot from the heat. At this point you can add the mini cheeses and, if necessary, the salt.
7. Mix all the ingredients with an immersion blender until you obtain a vegetable cream with a delicate consistency.
8. It is an ideal recipe for vegetarian diets.