Watercress Soup Recipe

Watercress soup combines tender watercress leaves, leeks, potatoes, oil, shallots, vegetable nage, garlic, horseradish sauce and spinach. It’s smooth, simple, and perfect for a refreshing starter. Below is a simple watercress soup recipe.

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Jul 14, 2025 - 16:20 Updated: Jul 14, 2025 - 16:20
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Watercress Soup Recipe
a bowl of watercress soup
Prep Time 15 min
Cook Time 45 min
Serving 8
Difficulty Easy

How to prepare watercress soup

Ingredients

  • 300g- Watercress
  • 600g- Spinach
  • 480g- Potatoes
  • 240g- Shallots
  • 2ltrs- vegetable nage
  • 180g- leeks
  • 1tbsp- horseradish sauce
  • 2- garlic cloves
  • 160ml- oil

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a thick-bottomed pan.
2. Add the potatoes and cook for 2 minutes without coloring.
3. Add the vegetables and cook for 4 minutes without coloring.
4. Add the nage and horseradish, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes and set aside.
5. Heat a clean pan, add the remainder of the oil, and gently cook the spinach and watercress in a hot pan until the watercress's bitterness is balanced.
6. Add this to the liquid mix, blend until smooth and very green, then pass through a conical strainer.
7. Serve hot.

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