Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach
This is a delicious recipe for an end-of-winter soup. It combines fresh spinach with diced potato and smoked sausage.
70 K 4.7/5 (38 reviews)
50 min.
Easy
12 people
10 IngredientsLast modified on: May 10th 2015
For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
1 ¾ cup Morteau sausage - 2
½ cup onion - 3
4 cloves garlic - 4
3 cups potatoes - 5
1 cup fresh spinach - 6
4 tablespoons olive oil - 7
12 2⁄3 cups Vegetable stock - 8
2 cups + 2 tablespoons liquid cream - 9
salt - 10
pepper
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 35 min.
All in all: 50 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 7 min.
Cut 1 ¾ cup Morteau sausage into small dice (if you do not have any, use another kind of sausage, but preferably smoked).
Chop ½ cup onion.
Chop 4 cloves garlic finely.
Chop ½ cup onion.
Chop 4 cloves garlic finely.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Peel and rinse 3 cups potatoes and chop into fairly large dice.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Prepare 1 cup fresh spinach, but leave raw - there is no need to blanch.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a large saucepan on medium heat.
When hot, tip in the diced sausage and fry briefly.
When hot, tip in the diced sausage and fry briefly.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Add the onion and garlic, salt and pepper, then stir to mix well. Cook without colouring for 1 or 2 minutes.
Stage 6 - 7 min.
Add 12 2⁄3 cups Vegetable stock. If you do not have any, add the same volume of water plus a stock cube, and potatoes.
Bring to the boil.
Bring to the boil.
Stage 7 - 10 min.
Turn the heat down and leave to simmer until the potatoes are cooked.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Add the spinach and stir for 2 or 3 minutes.
Stage 10
Your soup is ready.
Remarks
This is a very flexible recipe, so do adapt the proportions to suit yourself (a bit more of this, a bit less of that...).
Keeping: Several days.
Source: From Chungah of damndelicious.net.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 360 RDI=140 % | 1,590 RDI=150 % | 1,230 RDI=190 % | 18,850 RDI=940 % | 78,910 RDI: 940 % |
| Per 100 g | 7 RDI=3 % | 30 RDI=3 % | 20 RDI=4 % | 380 RDI=20 % | 1,580 RDI: 20 % |
| Per person | 30 RDI=10 % | 130 RDI=10 % | 100 RDI=20 % | 1,570 RDI=80 % | 6,580 RDI: 80 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 11.20 €
- Per person : 0.95 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
Vegetable stock
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Potatoes
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Liquid cream
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Morteau sausage
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