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🍲 Sorrel, Potato and Egg Soup

294 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g medium-sized floury potatoes (4 medium-sized potatoes)
• 1 onion
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp flour
• 800 ml meat broth (or vegetable broth)
• 200 ml milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 handfuls sorrel
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• salt
• cumin (ground)
• pepper (from the mill)
• freshly chopped dill (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1. Thoroughly wash the potatoes under running water.
2. 2. Place the potatoes in a steamer or a pot with a small amount of water.
3. 3. Steam the potatoes for about 30 minutes until they are tender.
4. 4. Peel the onion and cut it into small cubes.
5. 5. Heat the butter in a pot.
6. 6. Sauté the onion cubes in the hot butter until they are translucent.
7. 7. Add the flour and cook it briefly with the onions.
8. 8. Stir the broth and milk into the onion-flour mixture.
9. 9. Let the soup base simmer gently for about 10 minutes.
10. 10. Stir the soup occasionally until it becomes slightly thick.
11. 11. Add a little more broth if the soup becomes too thick.
12. 12. Place the eggs in cold water and bring it to a boil.
13. 13. Boil the eggs for about 10 minutes until hard-boiled.
14. 14. Immediately cool the boiled eggs under cold water.
15. 15. Peel the cooled eggs.
16. 16. Cut the peeled eggs in half.
17. 17. Rinse the sorrel under running water.
18. 18. Remove any coarse stems or dirty leaves from the sorrel.
19. 19. Shake the sorrel dry.
20. 20. Chop the sorrel into coarse pieces.
21. 21. Add the chopped sorrel to the hot soup.
22. 22. Season the soup with lemon juice.
23. 23. Salt the soup to taste.
24. 24. Add ground cumin to the soup.
25. 25. Pepper the soup to taste.
26. 26. Peel the boiled potatoes.
27. 27. Place one whole potato in each soup bowl.
28. 28. Lightly mash the potato in the bowl with a fork.
29. 29. Pour the hot soup over the mashed potato.
30. 30. Place the halved eggs into the soup.
31. 31. Sprinkle the finished soup with fresh dill.
32. 32. Serve the soup immediately while warm.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 294
• Protein: 13 g · Fett/Fat: 14 g · Carbs: 30 g