Nettle and potato soup

Nettle and potato soup

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A rustic green soup made with young nettle leaves, cooked with butter, apples, and garlic, and then pureed in a food processor.

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Dandelion soup is a simple and nutritious garden-based dish. Dandelion leaves can be cooked like spinach once they are tender.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Total1 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodSlow cooking
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.02
  • $0.18

Directions

  1. Wash the leaves while handling them from the stem towards the tip, as they still have thorns. ≈ 2 min
  2. Place the leaves in a saucepan with walnut butter until they turn brown.
  3. Whisk the water vigorously for 5 minutes.
  4. Add the garlic, then the peeled and chopped apples. ≈ 3 min
  5. Cover the entire dish with water, add salt, and let it cook for 1 hour.
  6. Towards the end of cooking, pulse everything in a food processor. ≈ 3 min
  7. Depending on your preferences, you can add a dollop of sour cream. ≈ 3 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch of young nettle leaves (only the heads), approximately 150g
  • 3 medium-sized apples
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tablespoon of butter (approximately 15g)
  • A pinch of salt
  • water, to cover
  • whipping cream, to taste (optional)

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