Nettle soup puree with nutmeg

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Do you think we are going back to the old days when people ate "pasture"? And here it is not. You just need to appreciate and use everything that Mother Nature gives us. After all, sometimes you don’t even need to specially go to the market for vegetables and herbs grown for cooking. And it’s enough just to take a walk in nature outside the city and stock up on “vitamin” herbs there. In the summer, this will not be difficult. Harvest quinoa leaves for a refreshing salad or young burdock shoots for jam. And dishes such as nettle soup, clover cutlets, sorrel cocktail, many do not know at all. Do yourself sometimes green fasting days, saturating the body with the energy of summer. This article is about nettle, a stinging green grass.

Benefits of nettle

Nettle contains a huge amount of useful substances, ranging from vitamins, trace elements and ending with proteins, various acids and starch. It is very significant that there is more carotene in it than in sea buckthorn and even in carrots. And ascorbic acid contains a double volume compared to blackcurrant. The "burning" of nettle helps to treat many diseases, such asdisorders of the liver and biliary tract, menstrual disorders, diabetes mellitus, hemorrhoids and many others. It should be noted that it should not be used during pregnancy and those suffering from thrombophlebitis and varicose veins, as it thickens the blood. In addition to the internal use of leaves, that is, the preparation of various dishes and drinking decoctions from nettle, it is widely used for external treatment. A strong infusion will be an excellent remedy for burns, ulcers and wounds, and pain in muscles and joints will disappear after a bath with a nettle broom. Decoctions of the roots will relieve skin problems (acne, boils, skin rash).

Nettle pretreatment

Of course, you will have to wear gloves to collect it, otherwise you will be provided with burns to your hands. But in dishes, do not be afraid of its "burning". In nettle soup or stew, it falls five minutes before readiness. During the cooking process, the bitterness will go away, but the fresh taste will remain. And when you prepare a salad, use green leaves scalded with boiling water or boiled for 2-3 minutes, then placed in cold water. We invite you to prepare a refreshing summer first course - nettle soup puree. It contains a minimum set of products. Using it as a base, you can update the soup recipe with new flavors thanks to additional ingredients. The scope for imagination is huge here.

Nettle soup. Cooking recipe

1. Finely chop the onion (1 pc.) and fry in a deep saucepan in butter or vegetable oil.

2. Pour potato cubes (5 pcs.) into the container andcontinue blanching for 5-7 minutes.

3. Add fresh nettle leaves (400 g) to vegetables, mix and pour 1 liter of broth (chicken or pork). Vegetarian nettle soup requires water.

4. After 10-15 minutes of cooking, turn off the heat.

5. After allowing to cool slightly, beat the mass with a blender, s alt and boil again.

6. Serve sprinkled with nutmeg and herbs (dill, parsley). Very often, especially if the nettle soup is not cooked with broth, the dish is decorated with half a boiled egg. Enjoy the scent of greenery!