Organic Vegetable Stock Soup Seasoning

Fresh Organic South Tyrolean Herbs Preserved in Salt

The authentic flavour of the Alpine garden in every spoonful of tradition

Organic Vegetable Stock Soup Seasoning Nurse's yard

This vegetable stock cube is a one-of-a-kind product: not an industrially dehydrated cube, but a concentrate of fresh, organic herbs grown on South Tyrolean farms and preserved in sea salt in a completely natural way. The Susi family at the Pflegerhof handpicks lovage, carrots, parsley, leeks, and celery at their peak freshness and processes them immediately, finely chopping them and blending them with sea salt to create an aromatic paste that preserves all the aromas, colors, and nutritional properties of the freshly picked vegetables. The result is a seasoning with an intense, natural, and authentic flavor, free from glutamate, yeast extracts, preservatives, or chemical additives, which transforms any broth, soup, risotto, or soffritto into an authentic Alpine flavor experience. A teaspoon of this stock cube is worth a bunch of fresh herbs, bringing all the aromatic power of the South Tyrolean mountains to your kitchen.

The roots of this cube are deep in the Alpine peasant tradition

In the farms of Alto Adige, preserving vegetables and aromatic herbs in salt is a thousand-year-old technique born from the need to preserve summer harvests for the long winter months, when snow covered gardens and fields. Mountain women finely chopped fresh vegetables and mixed them with plenty of salt, creating aromatic pastes that retained the flavor of summer even in January. Lovage, known in dialect as "Maggikraut" (Maggi herb), was the star ingredient in these preparations: a powerful aromatic plant, with a scent reminiscent of celery and vegetable stock cubes, grown in every Alpine garden. Parsley, celery, carrots, and leeks completed the perfect aromatic base for broths, soups, and minestrone. The Pflegerhof has revived this ancient peasant technique, applying it with certified organic methods, creating a product that combines traditional wisdom and contemporary quality, a genuine alternative to modern industrial stock cubes.

Nutritional Properties and Benefits of the Ingredients

Each vegetable and herb in this vegetable stock cube provides not only flavor but also important nutrients and benefits:

• Lovage (Levisticum officinale): A very powerful aromatic herb with an intense, nutty flavor. Digestive, carminative, diuretic, and purifying. Stimulates appetite and digestion. Traditionally used for kidney and urinary problems. Rich in beneficial essential oils.
• Carrots: Rich in beta-carotene (a precursor to vitamin A), essential for vision, skin, and the immune system. Antioxidants, rich in fiber and minerals, they add a natural sweetness to dressings.
• Parsley: A superfood rich in vitamin C (more than citrus fruits), vitamin K, iron, and calcium. It's a diuretic, purifying, digestive, and antioxidant. It refreshes and intensely flavors.
• Leeks: Rich in allicin (like garlic but milder), vitamin C, and folate. Antibacterial, cardiovascular, and purifying. They add sweetness and depth to the flavor.
• Celery: Low in calories, very rich in water, diuretic, purifying, and alkalizing. Rich in minerals (potassium, sodium, magnesium) and vitamins. Aromatic and refreshing.
• Sea salt: A natural preservative, rich in trace elements. It enhances flavors naturally.

This vegetable stock cube allows you to flavor your dishes while drastically reducing the amount of added salt, since the aromatic herbs naturally enhance the flavors.

How to Best Use: Organic Vegetable Stock Soup Seasoning

• TRADITIONAL BROTHS AND SOUPS
  Dissolve 1-2 teaspoons of vegetable stock cube in 1 litre of boiling water to make a rich and aromatic vegetable stock, the perfect base for fresh vegetable minestrone,  Organic Ame soup with spelt, wheat, barley and lentils, organic Potantino soupThe broth can also be used for cooking rice, pasta o vegetable, giving a deep, natural flavor.
• CREAMY RISOTTOS AND CEREALS
  Use vegetable stock cubes to flavor any type of risotto: add 1 teaspoon while toasting the rice and dissolve more in the cooking broth. Perfect for risotto alla organic Delica pumpkin, to organic asparagus, To Shiitake mushrooms or vegetables. Also excellent for barley, farrotti and organic white quinoa skipped.
• UNIVERSAL FRIED FRIES AND CONDIMENTS
  Add 1 teaspoon of vegetable stock cube to the soffritto onion, garlic e olive oil To enrich sauces, ragùs, stews, and braised meats. Use it to flavor sautéed vegetables, baked potatoes, stewed legumes, meatballs, and fillings for vegetables. Mix it with butter softened to create a flavored butter perfect on crostini, fish or steamed vegetables.

The Producer: Pflegerhof – Susi (BZ)

The Pflegerhof is a family-run organic mountain farm located in Bressanone, South Tyrol, managed by the Susi family. Here, at over 1000 meters above sea level, vegetables and aromatic herbs are grown using traditional methods passed down through generations. Each plant is hand-picked at peak freshness and processed immediately to preserve all its organoleptic and nutritional properties. The Pflegerhof represents the excellence of organic Alpine farming tradition, passionately pursuing the age-old preservation techniques of South Tyrolean mountain farms and creating superior, all-natural products.

Ingredients

Lovage, carrots, parsley, leeks, celery, sea salt. All ingredients are certified organic.

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