For some reason nettle is clearly associated in many people with hunger. Here, they say, during wartime there was nothing to eat, even nettles. But in fact, if not for nettles, maybe many of those who live with us now would not be.
Nettle is a natural treasury of vitamins. According to the content of ascorbic acid, it exceeds the black currant, and carotene - carrots and sea buckthorn. In addition, it contains many other vitamins and trace elements. It would be foolish not to use this gift of nature, using artificial additives instead of a natural life force.
From nettle prepare quite a lot of dishes, we'll talk today about how to make a soup of nettles.
- collect nettles only in places remote from roads, and environmentally safe;
- for food you need to collect only the upper, young leaves of the nettle;
- so that the nettle does not sting, the leaves need to be crushed or scalded with boiling water.
Nettle soup with egg
Ingredients:
- beef with bone - 500 g;
- nettle - 200 g;
- potatoes - 700 g;
- egg - 2 pieces;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- sour cream.
Preparation
We cook beef broth . Finely cut the ray, and fry with a drop of oil. Cut the potatoes into cubes. Nettle finely chopped. In the broth we add potatoes. After 15 minutes we put in the soup toasted onions and nettles, let it leave for five minutes.
We beat (with a fork) two eggs, and pour the mixture into the soup, stirring the soup intensively with a spoon. Such a nettle soup with sour cream is delicious.
Nettle soup with meat
Ingredients:
- chicken breast - 500 g;
- nettle - 300 g;
- sorrel - 200 g;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- eggs (hard-boiled) - 3 pieces;
- flour - 0.5 tbsp. spoons
- carrots - 1 piece;
- sour cream;
- vegetable oil - for roasting;
- greenery;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation
We cook the chicken broth.
Leaves of nettle thoroughly rinsed, and for five minutes we lower it into a saucepan with boiling water, let it leave. Then both sorrel and nettle are passed through a meat grinder.
From onions and carrots do the frying, filling it with a spoonful of flour. In the broth we lower sorrel, nettle and fry. Cook for about 10 minutes.
Ready flavored soup season with sour cream, and put in a plate of half a steep egg.
If you prefer more nourishing soups, then you can cook this soup with the addition of potatoes.
Fresh nettle soup is so delicious and healthy that if you have not cooked it before, try it - you will not regret it.