IRISH - NETTLE SOUP

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Recipe posted here for Culinary Quest - Ireland. This recipe was found at website: http://www.irishabroad.com This sounds like a interesting soup... it's green, so it's gotta be good for you... Right?

Provided by Baby Kato @BabyKato

Categories     Other Soups

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 - litre of young nettles, preferably tops.
- irish rapeseed oil
4 - leeks
1/2 - cup of lovage
1/4 - cup wild garlic
3 - cups chopped white potatoes
1 - litre of fresh vegetable stock
- salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

  • Pick 1 liter of young nettles, preferably tops. Be careful, the leaves sting so pick from the stem. Wash and separate leaves from stem.
  • In a soup pot, drizzle a few tablespoons of Irish rapeseed oil. Add to it 4 washed and chopped leeks, 1 1/2 cups of Lovage, 1/4 cup wild garlic leaves.
  • Let cook until greens are wilted then add 3 cups chopped white potatoes.
  • Cook for a few minutes then add 1 litre of fresh vegetable stock. Bring to a simmer, cook until potatoes are tender.
  • Add nettles and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Puree soup and add sea salt and cracked black pepper.

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