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| Really enjoyed this when I had it near Glasgow and have been picking nettles ever since!
1 Onion
2 potatoes
1 colander of nettles--pick just the top couple of inches when they are still small and therefore not tough
I find a pair of scizzors and gloves help
Saute onion and potatoes, add nettles and 2 pints veg stock. Simmer till potatoes soft.
liquidise or mash and seive although I think this might be difficult!
season to taste |
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Extreme Veteran
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| OK I'll give it a go. Didn't have a great response to nettle tea. It's a good party trick as it changes to a lovely pink colour if you add lemon but the family weren't keen on the taste. |
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Member
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Location: Australia | I have been looking for few of Nettle soup recipes as i am collecting as many as i can get with some additional flavors for my own home recipe book so that whenever i want to make anything of that sort i have the detail. |
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Regular
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| Nettle Gnocci
Colander of nettle tops
2-3 large potatoes
1 egg
grated nutmeg
salt and pepper
50gm flour
Cook nettles in plenty of water for 10 mins
Cook potatoes and mash till smoooth
Drain nettles, squeeze out water and chop finely
mix mashed potatoes, chopped nettles, egg , flour and salt and pepper plus nutmeg
Pick off 1 inch balls roll into grub shaped, pinch the middle with a fork.
Boil plenty of water with salt and plunge in gnocci--they will rise to the surface when done.
Serve with sauce of your choice eg tomato or cheese and maybe chutney |
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| Just made one of my best soups! Green soup
Some leeks, getting past it mizuna, welsh onions, nettles, a leaf or 2 of fennel.
Cook with water and some stock powder
Whisch or liquidise
season to taste
Enjoy
Of course you may have different green ingredients
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Member
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| What's mizuna? |
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Veteran
Posts: 275
| Mizuna - one of those oriental salad leaves, very hardy, good for winter salads, but a bit fiddly, lettuce is a better option if it's available. My view anyway, others may differ! |
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| Nettle Aloo--this years nettle recipe
4-6 servings
450g potatoes
225 nettle tops
oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 large onion
1-2 cloves garlic
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp paprika
1 pinch cardamom seeds
1 pinch cayenne pepper
Chop potatoes to bite sized chunks and wash nettles then boil together till soft. Drain .
In another pan fry mustard seeds till popping then add onion . add garlic and spices and cook till onion soft.
Add drained potatoes and nettles and stir together
Serve with yogourt and chutney |
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