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Wild Irish Nettle Soup Recipe

	Dreamweaver / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago This soup is very tasty, though most americans wouldn't think of eatting let alone touching a stinging nettle.You can subsitute young dandelion leaves if you don't want to risk the sting. Prep:30m Cook:50m Servings:8	Dreamweaver
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Ingredients

12 oz nettle leaves and young, tender stems (use gloves to collect).

or 12 oz young dandelion leaves(before the weed flowers)

12 oz.

3-4 oz butter

6 oz (2 oz each) leek, onion and celery, roughly chopped

2.5 pints chicken stock

1.5 lbs potatoes, sliced

.75 pint cream

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Wash the nettles or dandelions.

Melt 3 oz of the butter in a heavy based pan and sweat the leek, onion, celery,nettles or dandelions for 5 to 6 minutes without browning.

Add the chicken stock and bring to the boil, then add the potatoes.

Cook over a low heat for about 40 to 50 minutes.

Put soup in blender and puree, then return it to the pan, and add the cream.

Salt and pepper to taste, reheat gently and check the consistency.

Some extra butter may be whisked in for a richer, smoother finish.

Garnish each serving with a blanched nettle leaf.

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Comments

tilgidh 1 year, 3 months ago said:
I had something close to this when I was in Arcklow. Thank you for this fine natural recipe. (Gee I hope that I spelled that right. Been a few years)

Tilgidh

djimmey 10 months, 1 week ago said:
What does nettles taste like? Any health benefits?

karlyn255 7 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Great recipe thanks.

huxter 3 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Thanks for another way to prepare nettles .Its nettle season here in S E Australia and they are popping up on barren undisturbed ground .I transplant them into my vege garden as they keep nematode worms away from potatoes ,tomatoes etc .And I cook them in many ways ,as well as making nettle tonic for humans and to pour on the garden .Bit of a wonder plant really . Hundreds of years ago ,when they appeared after a long hard winter ,they gave immediate health benefits to peasant farmers providing much needed minerals ,vitamins and iron after a a period of hardship .Almost forgotten now except by older European communities .

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