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🍽️ Mediterranean nettle soup with pumpkin seed oil
285 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 400 g young nettle
- 1 handful chervil
- salt
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 splash dry white wine
- 200 g floury potatoes
- 600 ml vegetable broth
- 200 ml whipping cream
- nutmeg
- olive oil
- pumpkin seed oil
- sour cream
- chervil (for garnish)
Instructions
- 1. Wash the spinach and chervil under running water.
- 2. Remove any tough stems or wilted leaves.
- 3. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
- 4. Add the spinach and chervil to the boiling water for a short time (this is called blanching).
- 5. Remove the vegetables from the water immediately and rinse them with cold water to stop the cooking process (this is called shocking).
- 6. Let the vegetables drain well.
- 7. Finely chop the spinach and chervil.
- 8. Peel the onion and garlic.
- 9. Dice the onion and garlic into small cubes.
- 10. Heat the butter in a pot.
- 11. Add the onions and garlic to the hot butter.
- 12. Sauté the vegetables briefly until they become soft.
- 13. Dust the vegetables with the flour.
- 14. Stir until a light foam layer forms.
- 15. Deglaze the mixture with the wine.
- 16. Peel the potatoes.
- 17. Cut the potatoes into cubes.
- 18. Add the potato cubes to the pot.
- 19. Pour in the vegetable broth.
- 20. Add the cream.
- 21. Simmer the soup on low heat for about 15 minutes.
- 22. Stir occasionally.
- 23. Add the chopped herbs to the soup.
- 24. Puree the soup finely with a hand blender.
- 25. Check the consistency.
- 26. If the soup is too thick, add a little more broth.
- 27. If the soup is too thin, let it simmer a bit longer to reduce.
- 28. Season the soup with salt.
- 29. Season the soup with nutmeg.
- 30. Distribute the soup onto the plates.
- 31. Add two small dollops of sour cream to each portion.
- 32. Drizzle the pumpkin seed oil over the soup.
- 33. Garnish the soup with fresh chervil.
- 34. Serve the soup immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 285
- Protein: 8 g · Fett/Fat: 18 g · Carbs: 22 g