CREAM OF WATERCRESS SOUP RECIPE

Cream of Watercress Soup Recipe image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup chopped yellow onions
1 tablespoon light olive oil
3 ½ cups vegetable stock
1 large bunch (about 10 oz.) watercress, washed and coarsely chopped
¾ cup light cream or half and half
¼ teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Steps:

In a medium saucepan, sauté the onions in the olive oil until they turn soft and translucent. Add the vegetable stock to the onions and bring the mixture to a gentle simmer for 2 minutes. Add the watercress to the stock and continue simmering the soup for about 3 minutes, or until the watercress fully wilts into the stock.
Stir the light cream into the mixture and then puree it with either a hand-held immersion blender or a countertop blender in batches. Season the soup with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, and then warm it over low heat to serving temperature.
Makes 6 servings.