2 December: "La Soupe aux choux" opens in France, and a bowl of Soupe aux Choux
On 2 December 1981 France met "La Soupe aux choux", the cult comedy in which Louis de Funès wins over a visitor from space with a bowl of cabbage soup. Here is the real thing, slow-cooked with pork and root vegetables.
Soupe aux Choux
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Soupe aux choux is a hearty French cabbage soup from the countryside of the Auvergne, Limousin and other rural regions. A whole green cabbage is cut into wedges, blanched and simmered in a big pot of water with salt pork belly or a ham hock, a smoked sausage, potatoes, carrots, turnips, onion, garlic and a bouquet garni.
Read about Soupe aux Choux and get the recipe →What happened
French comedy "La Soupe aux choux" with Louis de Funès opens in French cinemas.
Why this soup
The film is named after the soup.
Sources
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