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Sorrel soup

Smooth with a slight sharpness, this soup has a very particular taste.

319,3294.2/5 for 53 ratings

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Last modified on: May 8^th 2011

For 6 people, you will need:

1 500 g potatoes
2 300 g sorrel
3 1 shallot
4 50 g butter
5 1 litre 500 ml water
6 1 chicken stock cube
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 2,385 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 3 people 6 people 12 people 18 people

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
38 min.	26 min.	1 hour 4 min.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Peel and wash 500 g potatoes, then slice.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Prepare 300 g sorrel.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Chop 1 shallot.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Melt 50 g butter in a large over a medium heat, then add shallot chopped small, cook one minute.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Add the sorrel leaves, and let them wilt while stirring gently.

Stage 6

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

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Add potatoes in the pan, salt and pepper, and cover.

Stage 8 - 25 min.

Add 1 litre 500 ml water, 1 chicken stock cube and cook until the potatoes are done.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
823 Kcal or 3,446 Kj	11 gr	99 gr	43 gr
41 %	4 %	9 %	6 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
35 Kcal or 147 Kj	< 1 gr	4 gr	2 gr
2 %	<1 %	<1 %	<1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
137 Kcal or 574 Kj	2 gr	17 gr	7 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).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 5.22 £
Per person : 0.87 £

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rabbit civet "à la normande", French Family Cake, Ali Baba bread, Cretan Bread, Chorba, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Comtoise tart for Seàn, Crème de foie gras, Potato wallets, Hot box cheese , Mushroom velouté, ... All
	Sorrel: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Herb salad, How to prepare sorrel, Salmon with sorrel, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche Tatin, Colcannon, Rum babas, Liège waffles, Rosemary steamed fish, ... All

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