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Wild garlic soup
- Prep time:
- 10 mins
- Cook time:
- 20 mins
- Serves:
- 6
Make the most of this season’s produce with Clodagh McKenna’s hearty soup recipe, served with a wild garlic pesto
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Ingredients
For the soup
- 50g Butter
- 100g Onions, peeled and roughly chopped
- 200g Potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
- 300 ml hot chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 bunch of fresh Wild garlic
- 2 tbsp double cream
For the pesto
- 2 handfuls Wild garlic, chopped
- extra virgin Olive oil
- 50g Hazelnuts, skins removed and toasted
- 50g Parmesan, roughly cubed
Method
1. For the soup: melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onions and potatoes, lightly frying, then season with salt and pepper. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 10 minutes.2. Add the stock bit by bit to the potato and onion mixture so that it combines well with the mixture. Once all the stock has been added bring the pan to a boil, reduce the heat and cook until the potatoes and onions are tender.
3. Stir in the wild garlic leaves and cook for 1 more minute. Add the double cream and stir.
4. Transfer the soup to a food processor and blend to a smooth consistency. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. For the pesto:crush together the hazelnuts, parmesan and wild garlic leaves in a pestle and mortar, or a food processor. Season with some pepper and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and mix well. Set aside.
6. Serve the soup in bowls with the pesto drizzled over the top.
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If you make this, count on adding 900 ml stock to the soup, not 300 ml. With weight, I used about 250g of wild garlic (rather than 1 'bunch'). I added the wild garlic off the heat (didn't cook it for one minute), then liquidised with slightly more cream than the recipe. Challenging to liquidise, but the result was OK - lovely green colour - slightly bland taste, pepped up with the pesto.