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Nettle
Soup
Don't worry - they don't
sting when cooked! Nettles are very nutrient rich
and of course - free! Don't gather them beside a
busy road where they will have been contaminated
by traffic fumes. If you keep cutting them from
springtime you get a regular supply of fresh
leaves, though they can get a bit insect infested
during the summer! Below are two recipes for soup:
Version 1 - a "cream of" style soup:
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons of
vegetable margarine or oil
2 tablespoons of white
flour
1 onion, roughly chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
Freshly picked and washed
young nettles (several good handfuls - picked
with gloves and caution!)
2 cups soya milk (tesco
value is cheap and organic too)
1 cup water or stock
salt and pepper to taste
Fry the onion and garlic
in the oil or marg. for a few minutes then stir
in the nettles (no need to chop or remove stalks)
until they soften. Stir in the flour and
gradually add the soya milk and water or stock,
stirring all the time. Add seasonings and
liquidise. Delicious...
Version 2 - a versatile recipe using potato to thicken, ingredient quantities are totally adjustable:
Do an onion and 5 garlic cloves in some oil, add half head of celery, 2 potatoes, cover with water, bring to boil and simmer til soft then add bowl of gathered nettles, some chives and parsley (optional - feel free to experiment with other herbs), stock cube, salt for a few minutes and blend.
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