Watercress Soup

AUTHOR
Melissa Olsen
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
5 1
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 collar Watercress (approx. 250 g)
  • 1 collar Parsley
  • 2 Onions
  • 200 g Potatoes
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Rapeseed oil
  • 500 ml Vegetable broth
  • 300 g Whipped cream
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Caraway seeds
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Fennel seeds
  • 200 g Whole milk yoghurt

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the watercress and parsley, shake dry and pluck the leaves from the thick stems. Peel onions and potatoes. Chop the onions finely. Wash and chop the potatoes. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a saucepan.

  2. 2

    Sweat onions and potato cubes in it, then deglaze with broth and cream. Let the soup simmer for 15-20 minutes. Add watercress, except for a few leaves for garnishing, and parsley to the soup.

  3. 3

    Let the soup simmer again for about 5 minutes. Puree the soup and season to taste with salt, pepper and possibly some lemon juice.

  4. 4

    Finely crush the caraway and fennel seeds with a mortar. Mix the yoghurt with the spices, except for something to sprinkle, and season with salt and pepper. Arrange the soup, garnish with some spiced yoghurt and cress.

  5. 5

    Add the rest of the yoghurt. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of oil over soup and yoghurt. Sprinkle with spices.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
390 kcal
CARBS
14 g
FATS
33 g
PROTEINS
6 g