Nettle soup with nutmeg

You thought that we are back in the old days, when people ate "grass"? And here not. We just need to appreciate and use all that Mother Nature gives us. After all, sometimes you do not even need to go to the market specially for vegetables and greens grown for cooking. And it's enough just to take a walk on nature outside the city and there's enough "vitamin" herbs. In the summer, it will not be difficult. Collect the leaves of the quinoa for a refreshing salad or the young shoots of burdock jam. And such dishes as nettle soup, cutlets from clover, sorrel cocktail, many do not know at all. Do yourself sometimes green days of discharge, saturating the body with the energy of summer. In this article we will talk about nettles - a burning green grass.

The Benefits of Nettle

The nettle contains a huge amount of useful substances, starting with vitamins, trace elements and ending with proteins, various acids and starch. It is very revealing that carotene in it is more than in sea buckthorn and even in carrots. A ascorbic acid contains a double volume compared to a black currant. The "burning" of nettle helps to cure many diseases, such as liver and biliary tract disorders, menstruation disorders, diabetes, hemorrhoids and many others. It should be noted that it can not be used during pregnancy and suffering from thrombophlebitis and varicose veins, as it thickens the blood. In addition to the internal use of leaves, that is, the preparation of various dishes and drinking decoctions from nettles, it is widely used for external treatment. Strong infusion will be an excellent tool for burns, ulcers and wound, and the pain in the muscles and joints disappears after the bathhouse with a nettle broom. Decoctions of the roots will get rid of skin problems (acne, boils, skin rash).

Nettle pretreatment

Collect it, of course, have to wear gloves, otherwise burns to your hands will be provided. But in dishes do not be afraid of its "burning". In nettle soup or ragout, it drops five minutes before it is ready. In the process of cooking, bitterness will go away, but fresh taste will remain. And when you prepare a salad, use scalded boiling water or 2-3 minutes green leaves, cooked, then placed in cold water. We offer you to prepare a refreshing summer first course - nettle soup. It contains a minimum set of products. Using it as a basis, you can update the soup recipe with new flavors thanks to additional ingredients. The space for imagination here is huge.

Nettle soup. Recipe

1. Onion (1pc.) Finely chop and fry in a deep saucepan on cream or vegetable oil.

2. Pour the potato cubes into the pot (5 pcs.) And continue blanching for 5-7 minutes.

3. Add fresh leaves of nettle (400 g) to vegetables, mix and pour 1 liter of broth (chicken or pork). To prepare a vegetarian nettle soup, you need to use water.

4. After 10-15 minutes of cooking, turn off the fire.

5. After letting it cool slightly, whip the mass with a blender, season with salt and boil repeatedly.

6. Serve, sprinkle with nutmeg and greens (dill, parsley). Very often, especially if the nettle soup is not cooked on broth, the dish is decorated with half a boiled egg. Enjoy the scent of greenery!