Last week we had our first meal from our smallholding, nettle soup! It's going to be a while until our veg is ready to eat so I thought a foraged meal would be a better place to start.
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| Nettle |
Unfortunately, finding the nettles was far too easy.
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| Collecting your nettle in a old Waitrose bag makes them feel posher |
The recipe i used goes as follows:
One carrier bag of nettles,
One onion,
Two garlic cloves,
One potato
1200ml of stock
salt and pepper
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| Adding them to the saucepan in batches as they soon wilt down |
Fried the onion in a little oil till softened, then added the diced potato and garlic. fry these for 5 minutes before adding the stock and the nettles (well washed).
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| Wilted down nettles |
Leave this to cook for 20 minutes then blend it together
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| Blend it |
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| Nice, cheap tea |
Although the soup was nice it did taste a little like it was missing something, maybe some herbs and spices would have improved it - anyone with any suggestions?
