Watercress soup

Serves 4

Prep and cooking 40 min

Ingredients:

  • 200g watercress (use both stalks and leaves)
  • 150g leeks
  • 200g celeriac
  • 350g potatoes
  • 2 cloves garlic

From the cupboard:

  • Cooking oil
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • Blue cheese (optional) or cream (optional)

To serve:

  • croutons

Method:

  1. Chop all the veg and start stir frying them in the following order: celeriac, leek, watercress, potatoes. Stir fry for 10 minutes
  2. Season with salt and thyme
  3. Add about 1.5 l of boiling water (or 4 soup bowls) into the cooking pot and stir for a bit. Leave to cook until potatoes and watercress stalks are well cooked.
  4. Using hand blender blend the soup well. There might be some watercress strings stuck onto the blender head.
  5. Serve with a piece of blue cheese or double cream.

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