Oh, how I
love springtime!
The young,
fresh, lush colours of greens are sprouting everywhere when I walk outside, in the
park, on my balcony, and even on the streets where in every tiny spot between
tiles there is something green growing.
I wanted to
go out this morning to pick some fresh nettles and wild garlic, but didn’t make
it in time. Instead I went to my local multiculti market over the bridge where I
bought this very mustardy fresh rucola and watercress. In the Turkish community there is
a lot of spring greens grown in communal gardens and sold there. I love it.
Soon they’ll have sorrel too.
All these
fresh greens have something special, the rocket is very pungent, the sorrel will be very sour and the watercress is a bit nutty
and peppery. Very good
for the intestinal spring cleaning! Detox by eating.
You can make
really good green smoothies with them, but for me it’s still a little too cold
for that, so I made this tasty spring greens soup, yummie!
Spring greens
soup (4-6pers)
1 onion,
chopped medium
1 clove of
garlic
3 tbsp Arborio
rice
1 small cup
of leeks, sliced thin and washed thorough
1 celery
stalk, in tiny cubes
1 l
vegetable stock or water
1 big bunch
of rocket, 150 g
1 big bunch
of watercress, 125 g
Squeeze of
lemon
Pepper and
salt
In a soup
pan warm some olive oil and sweat the onion about 20 minutes till it begins to
caramelize. Stir once or twice.
Add finely
chopped garlic and the Arborio rice and stir in. Let it cook together for 5
more minutes, stir.
Add celery
and leeks, stir in too and after another 5 minutes add vegetable stock or water
and bring to the boil. Let it simmer for 20 minutes with the lid on.
In the
meantime wash and cut your greens roughly. Add to the pot and let it wilt in
another 2-3 minutes. Remove from the gas and puree the soup. I leave mine quite
rustic.
Taste and
add a squeeze of lemon juice and pepper and salt to taste.
Enjoy your
spring greens soup, pure as it is.
Lente
groentjes soep (4-6
pers)
1 ui, medium gehakt
1 teen knoflook, fijngehakt
3 el arborio rijst
Handvol prei, in ringetjes, goed gewassen
1 stengel bleekselderij, fijngehakt
1 l groentebouillon of water
1 grote bos waterkers, 125 g
1 grote bos rucola, 150 g
Kneep citroensap
Peper en zout, naar smaak
Verwarm wat olijfolie in een soeppan en zweet daarin de ui,
zeker 20 minuten, totdat de ui begint te karameliseren, terwijl je af en toe
roert. De karamelisatie geeft een heerlijke smaak aan de soep.
Voeg dan de knoflook toe en de rijst, roer af en toe en laat
5 minuten heel zacht meebakken.
Voeg dan prei en bleekselder toe en roer alles goed door
elkaar, nog eens 5 minuten.
Voeg dan bouillon of water toe en breng aan de kook. Zet het
vuur dan laag en laat met het deksel erop de soep nog 20 minuten sudderen.
Ondertussen was je de lentegroentjes en hak ze grof.
Voeg aan de soep toe en laat in 2-3 minuten slinken.
Van het vuur af en pureer de soep met een staafmixer of
blender. Ik laat hem lekker een beetje rustiek.
Proef en voeg naar smaak wat citroensap toe en eventueel nog
wat peper en zout.
Geniet van deze heerlijke groene lentesoep, puur zoals-ie is!!
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I love Fresh Spring greens too! I also love the added Arborio rice in here,..;double yumm!
A wonderful green good-for-you soup!!! :)
Sounds like a great and healthy soup. (minus the salt for me ;-) )
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