Watercress soup
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Watercress soup is a soup prepared using the leaf vegetable watercress as a primary ingredient.
Description and preparation
[edit]Watercress soup may be prepared as a cream soup or as a broth/stock-based soup using vegetable or chicken stock.[1][2] Additional ingredients used can include vegetables such as potato, leeks, spinach, celery and turnips, cheese, butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper.[1][3][4][5] The soup may be prepared as a purée of its the ingredients in a food processor.[5] It can be served hot or cold, and may be garnished with crème fraîche, shaved Parmesan cheese, drizzled olive oil and watercress leaves.[1][2][4]
Gallery
[edit]- Watercress and spinach soup
- Potato and watercress soup with shaved cheese, tomato and peas
- Homemade watercress soup
- Watercress soup
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Brown, E. (2014). Soup of the Day: 150 Delicious and Comforting Recipes from Our Favorite Restaurants. Running Press Book Publishers. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-7624-5542-3. Retrieved August 5, 2016 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Fullalove, Michael, ed. (2009). Soup. DK Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-7566-6549-4 – via archive.org.
- ↑ De Gouy, L.P. (2012). The Soup Book: Over 800 Recipes. Dover Publications. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-486-14449-8. Retrieved August 5, 2016 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Cunningham, M.; Jarrett, L. (1996). The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. Knopf. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-679-45081-8. Retrieved August 5, 2016 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 McBride, Dara (June 14, 2016). "A mouthwatering recipe for Irish watercress soup". IrishCentral.com. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
External links
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