A fresh, simple and light dish. This nettles soup is quick to make and has just a few ingredients.
It's a delightful green soup full of flavor and goodness. Made with wild nettles, onion, celery, potatoes, stock and cream
This is my grand mothers delicious nettles soup recipe. She liked foraging and gathering wild food. This is one of many hunter gatherer recipes I remember her making for us when I was a kid. Read my post on gather food here
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Ingredients
Nettle leaves
onion
celery
potatoes
cream
bayleaves
thyme leaves
stock
butter
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make Nettles soup
- Cook onion, celery and thyme leaves in butter until soft and fragrant.
- Add potatoes, bay leaves and enough stock to cover it all plus a bit extra.
- Blanch the nettles in boiling water for 1-2 minute then drain and refresh it in cold water.
- Pick the nettle leaves of the stalks
- Once the potatoes are soft add the cooked nettles and cream.
- Cook for another minute then add the butter and blend it smooth.
- Serve with hard boiled egg slices or ham pieces in the soup
It taste Similar to spinach soup but with a special twist. My grand mother served her nettles soup with hard boiled egg halves or slices of ham and Crisp bread on the side. Its a great combination and that's how I love serving my soup as well.
These sunflower seed crisp bread are excellent with this soup and very easy to make.
Equipment
Sauce pan
stick blender
chopping board
knife
Nettles for food
There are plenty of stinging nettles in my paddocks in spring and summer that can be made into delicious soups.
I love using stinging nettles in my cooking. They are tasty and have many health benefits so it’s worth making the effort.
Cooking stinging nettles
Stinging nettles should be cooked for 2-3 minutes in boiling water and then refreshed in ice cold water. After that you can touch them and consume them safely.
Pick the nettle leaves from the stalks and discard the stalks.
Once blanched the stinging nettles can be frozen if you wish.
Stinging nettles have a mild earthy flavor similar to spinach but with a slight tang and peppery hint to it.
Stinging nettle is a common weed. The stems and leaves contain hairs that burn or irritate your skin when brushed against them.
Picking nettles for soup
To gather wild greens like stinging nettles and adding it to your diet can be very beneficial. You can be sure the nettles are organic and nutritious. The young leaves near the top of the summer nettles plant are best to cut and prepare. Use gardening gloves and scissors to cut the stalks and avoid touching the plant with your bare skin when picking nettles.
Going outside to gather food is awesome! Wild, nutritious, organic ingredients available for anyone to pick and prepare a meal with.
It’s the most natural, healthy and sustainable way to get ingredients and prepare food.
Related
Looking for other great soup recipes? Try these:
Crab meat and vegetable chowder
Looking for another recipe using stinging nettles? Try this:
Crumbed fish with creamed nettles
Pairing
These are my favorite sides dishes to serve with Nettles soup:
Sunflower seed crackers (Swedish crisp bread)
Nettles Soup
Ingredients
- 2 cups Nettle leaves blanched
- 1 onion
- 2 celery sticks sliced
- 5 medium potatoes peeled and cut
- 300 ml cream
- 3 bay leaves
- thyme leaves
- stock enough to cover the ingredients in the pot
- 2 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Cook onion, celery and thyme leaves in butter until soft and fragrant.
- Add potatoes, bay leaves and enough stock to cover it all plus a bit extra.
- Blanch the nettles in boiling water for 1-2 minute then drain and refresh it in cold water.
- Pick the nettle leaves of the stalks
- Once the potatoes are soft add the cooked nettles and cream.
- Cook for another minute then add the butter and blend it smooth.
- Serve with hard boiled egg slices or ham pieces in the soup
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