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Sorrel soup

Name: Sorrel soup
Prep time: 38 min
Cook time: 26 min
Total time: 1 h 4 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g potatoes; 300 g sorrel; 1 shallot; 50 g butter; 1 litre 500 ml water; 1 chicken stock cube; salt; pepper

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

413 K 4/5 (72 reviews)

1 hour 4 min. difficulté

Easy

6.25 €

6 people

8 Ingredients

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

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 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.

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 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, milk

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 6.25 €
Per person : 1.05 €

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