Nutritious Nettle Soup
By: Jenny Colgan
Published: Friday, March 11, 2011 - 5:49am

Ingredients




Nettles, a couple of hands full per person will be sufficient
2 shallots
a knob of butter
chicken stock
cream (only about a ¼ of the amount of stock you are using)
salt and pepper
a semi hard boiled egg per person

Preparation

1 Rinse the nettles thoroughly. 2 Finley chop the shallot and fry in butter on low heat until soft, but not coloured. 3 Add the nettles and leave until weltered. 4 Pour in some of the chicken stock and using a blender or a mixer ( I just use a hand held mixer), run until smooth. 5 Bring it back to the heat and add the cream and season to taste. 6 Make sure not to boil the soup, as you would loose most of the nutrients and the colour would look dull. 7 Serve with half an egg, slightly creamy in the middle. 8 Now go on, get you vitamin boost!