ground elder soup - for Rob

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ground elder soup - for Rob
« on: July 28, 2009, 17:28 »
Found this on the internet ages ago so don't know the site - sorry, but this is why I've not entered it into the seasonal recipe comp as I didn't make it up  :D
Ground Elder Soup Recipe
Origin: Britain     
Ground elder is a very common woodland plant, but not one that many people think is edible. In fact the young, bright green, shoots of ground elder make a very tasty vegetable.

Ingredients
2 bunches (about 24 to 30 young stems) of Ground elder
25g butter
25g flour
1 small onion
1 rasher of bacon, cut into strips
salt and black pepper, to taste
500ml chicken stock
250ml single cream


Ground Elder Soup Preparation:


Method:
Remove the leaves from the ground elder stems and rinse them. Add them immediately to a pan (do not drain), cover the pan and sweat the leaves for 1 minute.

Add the butter to a pan and use to fry the bacon and onion until the onion softens then stir-in the flour. Slowly add the stock, stirring all the time until you get a smooth soup base. Add the leaves and simmer for 5 minutes. Blend with a hand blender then add the cream. Season to taste and serve immediately. If desired the soup can be garnished with toasted slivered almonds or croutons.

Don't know what it tastes like as I've never tried it and don't have ground elder growing here.
 
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: ground elder soup - for Rob
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 19:30 »
I can send you some ground elder, we have plenty :lol:

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Re: ground elder soup - for Rob
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2009, 19:43 »
ooh thanks for your kind offer but I will pass on that  :lol: :lol:
At least now you know there is a use for it  :D


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