Sorrel soup
Smooth with a slight sharpness, this soup has a very particular taste.
411 K 4/5 (72 reviews)
1 hour 4 min.
Easy
6.25 €
6 people
8 IngredientsLast modified on: May 8th 2011
500 g 
300 g 
1 
50 g 
1 litre 500 ml 
1 
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 40 min.
Cooking: 30 min.
All in all: 1 hour 4 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Peel and wash 500 g potatoes, then slice.
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.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 10 RDI=4 % | 100 RDI=9 % | 40 RDI=6 % | 820 RDI=40 % | 3,450 RDI: 40 % |
| Per 100 g | 0 | 4 RDI=0 % | 1 RDI=0 % | 30 RDI=2 % | 150 RDI: 2 % |
| Per person | 1 RDI=1 % | 20 RDI=2 % | 7 RDI=1 % | 140 RDI=7 % | 570 RDI: 7 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 6.25 €
- Per person : 1.05 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
Water
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Potatoes
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Sorrel
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Herb salad, Kervallon soup, Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , Scallops with sorrel and Noilly Prat, Avocado mousse with sorrel, ... See them all 10
Butter
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