Sorrel soup


Sorrel soup
Smooth with a slight sharpness, this soup has a very particular taste.
391K 4.0/5 based on 69 reviews
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Last modified on: May 8th 2011

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 38 min.
Cooking: 26 min.
All in all: 1 hour 4 min.
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Stage 1 - 10 min.
Sorrel soup
Peel and wash 500 g potatoes, then slice.

Stage 2 - 15 min.
Sorrel soup

Stage 3 - 3 min.
Sorrel soup

Stage 4 - 1 min.
Sorrel soup
Melt 50 g butter in a large over a medium heat, then add shallot chopped small, cook one minute.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Sorrel soup
Add the sorrel leaves, and let them wilt while stirring gently.

Stage 6
Sorrel soup
Wilting means that the beautiful green sorrel will become brown and mushy, but fortunately it keeps all its taste.

Stage 7 - 2 min.
Sorrel soup
Add potatoes in the pan, salt and pepper, and cover.

Stage 8 - 25 min.
Sorrel soup
Add 1 litre 500 ml water, 1 chicken stock cube and cook until the potatoes are done.

Stage 9 - 5 min.
Sorrel soup
At the end of this time, remove from the heat, and blend the contents of the pan with a blender.
Remarks
The boys call this recipe "alien soup", obviously from the color. They came up with this version: put a small alien in a blender with 1 litre of acid, do not salt (the alien is naturally salty) and blend about thirty seconds, serve immediately.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
823 Kcal or 3,446 Kj11 gr99 gr43 gr
41 %4 %9 %6 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
35 Kcal or 147 Kj< 1 gr4 gr2 gr
2 %<1 %<1 %<1 %
Per person
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
137 Kcal or 574 Kj2 gr17 gr7 gr
7 %1 %2 %1 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 6 people : 6.21 €
  • Per person : 1.04 €

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