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Turnip top soup

It may no longer be widely known these days, but the leafy tops of certain root vegetables are edible, so it's a shame to waste them.

Better still, the leaves can be made into interesting accompaniments for their root vegetable, or soups with amazing flavours.

In this recipe, I will show you how to make a soup with turnip and radish leaves.

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Last modified on: April 10^th 2019

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For 750 ml, you will need:

1 50 ml turnip (or other vegetable) tops
2 1 potatoes
3 1 shallot
4 25.8 ml butter
5 750 ml water

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

Rescue 50 ml turnip (or other vegetable) tops.

These might be from turnips and radishes bought for another recipe, or if you go to the market, for example, stall holders will probably give them to you for nothing, as customers generally ask for them to be taken off.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Cut off the stalks and wash like lettuce, then drain.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Peel 1 potatoes and slice.

set aside.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Prepare 1 shallot and chop.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Melt 25.8 ml butter in a large saucepan on medium heat. When it begins to froth, add the chopped shallot, salt and pepper.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 6

Add the vegetable tops to the pan and stir round until...

Stage 7 - 4 min.

...they wilt and shrink down into the butter and shallots.

Note: depending on the quantity of leaves, you can do this in batches.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Pour in 750 ml water and add the potato slices. Salt and pepper again.

Stage 9 - 20 min.

Simmer on low heat for about 20 minutes until the potatoes are tender.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Take off the heat and blend, then check the seasoning.

Stage 11

Your turnip top soup is ready.

Remarks

The quantity of leaves in this recipe is for guidance only, so use whatever you have to hand.

As soon as they are separated from their roots, these vegetable tops wilt very rapidly, so they should be freshly picked and used quickly. If you need to defer making your soup, cut the tops off the fresh vegetables and seal in a plastic bag with a piece of dampened absorbant paper, then these will keep in the fridge for a day or two.

For more flavour, use vegetable stock instead of water.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
344 Kcal or 1,440 Kj	4 gr	35 gr	21 gr
17 %	1 %	3 %	3 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
32 Kcal or 134 Kj	< 1 gr	3 gr	2 gr
2 %	<1 %	<1 %	<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: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 750 ml : 0.38 €

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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: Pistachio powder or paste, Couscous, Sausage and lentils "en cocotte", Italian hot chocolate , Cornmeal baps for Anne, ... All
	Turnip (or other vegetable) tops: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Super-green, super-thrifty soup, The strange gratin, Tenderloin steak with beetroot tops and mushrooms, Carrot-top pesto, Gratin of beet tops and potatoes, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushroom bourguignon, Far Normandy-Brittany, Surprise eggs, Pork Chops with Rosemary, Potato gratin, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Express sauerkraut, Hearty potato and ham gratin, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Green bean purée, Bourguignon potatoes , ... All

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