Spinach Nettle Soup

Ingredients

• 400 g spinach
• 400 g young nettles
• Salt
• 1 onion
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp Whole wheat flour
• a splash apple juice (or vegetable broth)
• 600 ml Vegetable Broth
• 200 ml soy cream (or cooking cream)
• nutmeg
• 2 tbsp Sour cream

Instructions

1. 1.

   Clean and wash spinach and nettles, blanch briefly in salted water. Cool, drain well and chop. Peel and dice onion and garlic. Sauté both in hot butter in a pot. Dust with flour, let foam, then deglaze with apple juice or broth. Stir in vegetable broth and cream; simmer gently for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. 2.

   Add spinach and nettles, blend until smooth. If needed, add more broth or reduce further. Season with salt and nutmeg, finish by folding in sour cream.