Name: Nettle soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil plus extra for drizzling; 1 onion chopped; 1 carrot diced; 1 leek washed and finely sliced; 1 large floury potato (Maris Piper or similar), thinly sliced; 1l vegetable stock; 400g stinging or Dead nettles washed, leaves picked (see tips below); 50g butter diced; 50ml double cream

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Nettle soup

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Serves 4 - 6

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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Get your gloves on to forage for wild plants like nettles - once cooked they have a spinach or cabbage flavour

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Ingredients

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1 tbsp olive oil

plus extra for drizzling
1 onion

chopped
1 carrot

diced
1 leek

washed and finely sliced
1 large floury potato

(Maris Piper or similar), thinly sliced
1l vegetable stock
400g stinging or Dead nettles

washed, leaves picked (see tips below)
50g butter

diced
50ml double cream

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal323
fat21g
saturates11g
carbs21g
sugars7g
fibre9g
protein6g
salt0.9g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion, carrot, leek and potato, and cook for 10 mins until the vegetables start to soften. Add the stock and cook for a further 10-15 mins until the potato is soft.
step 2

Add the nettle leaves, simmer for 1 min to wilt, then blend the soup. Season to taste, then stir in the butter and cream. Serve the soup drizzled with extra oil and scattered with dead nettle flowers, if you have them.

RECIPE TIPS

DEAD NETTLES

This is a different plant from the stinger, but gets its name because, although the leaves look the same, they don’t sting. They have either white or purple edible flowers, and can be cooked in the same way as stingers.

STINGING NETTLES

These grow in abundance and are best eaten before they flower in late May. Wear gloves to save yourself getting stung – I find that a pair of washing-up gloves gives you lots of control over your picking, as well as shielding the top of your arms if you’re in a T-shirt. Wash the nettles well before cooking.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2012

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