Nettle and Wild Garlic Soup

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, nettle and wild garlic soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have nettle and wild garlic soup using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Nettle and Wild Garlic Soup:
  1. Get 200 g Young Nettle Leaves
  2. Get 250 g Wild Garlic Leaves
  3. Make ready 2 Potatoes
  4. Prepare 1 Large Onion
  5. Get 2 Cloves Garlic
  6. Get 1 Lemon
  7. Get 1-2 Veggie Stock Cubes
  8. Make ready 2 Tsp Salt
  9. Get 1 Tsp Nutmeg
  10. Prepare 1 Litre Boiling Water
  11. Prepare 25 g Vegan Butter
  12. Make ready Black Pepper (to taste)

Add the celery, carrots, nettles, wild garlic and stock. My nettle and wild garlic soup recipe is fairly basic and you are welcome to add other ingredients or swap things around. Use chicken stock instead of vegetable stock, add leeks as an extra vegetable or use rice instead of potato to bulk up the soup. You can also add a handful of foraged mushrooms if you have any.

Instructions to make Nettle and Wild Garlic Soup:
  1. Wash the wild garlic and nettles. When the nettles are wet they won't sting so only handle them without gloves when wet. Peel and dice the potatoes and dice the onion and garlic.
  2. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the onion and garlic to the pan with a pinch of salt for 5 minutes until soft.
  3. Add the potato and cook for another 5 minutes. Place the lid on the pot to make the vegetables sweat. Stir occasionally to ensure they don't stick to the bottom of the pan.
  4. Add the stock cubes to the boiling water and add to the saucepan. Season with the rest of the salt, nutmeg and half of the lemon juice. Simmer for 10 minutes.
  5. Add the nettles and wild garlic and rest of the lemon juice (if you like it). Simmer for a further 5 minutes (or until the potato is soft).
  6. Blitz until smooth and season with pepper. Enjoy!

Use chicken stock instead of vegetable stock, add leeks as an extra vegetable or use rice instead of potato to bulk up the soup. You can also add a handful of foraged mushrooms if you have any. Remove from the heat and blend using a stick blender or tip into a blender. Return to the heat and stir through the milk, then taste for seasoning. Vegetable stock, butter and salt & pepper.

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