Creamy Cabbage Soup with Chive Oil and Cumin Seeds - SippitySup

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 ½ teaspoon kosher salt (divided)
• 1 clove garlic (peeled and crushed into a pulp)
• 4 cup Savoy cabbage (cut into thin ribbons)
• 1 ½ cup water (plus more if needed)
• 1 cup whole milk (plus more if needed)
• ½ cup cream
• ¼ cup crème fraîche
• ¼ teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
• 1 dash red Tabasco sauce
• chive oil (as needed, see recipe)
• freshly toasted cumin seeds (to taste)