Simple Watercress Soup Recipe with Picture Guide
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 with picture guide.
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Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
45 min
Serving
8
Difficulty
Easy
Cooking Preparation(mise-en-place)
Assemble all watercress soup ingredients on the preparation table.
- Prepare the vegetable nage and horseradish sauce.
- Wash, peel, and chop the potatoes and vegetables.
- Ensure all cooking utensils are clean and ready to go.
How to make watercress soup
Follow this simple procedure for making 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.
Heat the oil in a thick-bottomed pan.
2. Add the potatoes.
Add the potatoes and cook for 2 minutes without coloring.
3. Add the vegetables.
Add the vegetables and cook for 4 minutes without coloring.
4. Add the nage and horseradish.
Add the nage and horseradish, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes and set aside.
5. Cook the spinach and watercress.
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. Blend.
Add this to the liquid mix, blend until smooth and very green.
7. Sieve.
Pass through a conical strainer.
8. Serve hot.
Serve hot in a clean soup bowl.
