Nettle & Sweet Potato Soup
Description
This nourishing Soup utilises the UK';s most underused free ';superfood'; , the mighty nettle. Tasty, simple to make and packed full of goodness.
Ingredients
- <p>1 medium onion</p><p>1 medium sweet potato</p><p>2 garlic cloves</p><p>1.5 litres of vegetable stock</p><p>250 grams young nettle leaves</p><p>2 tablespoons tahini</p><p>1 tablespoon coconut oil</p><p>4 teaspoons of soya yoghurt</p><p>1 teaspoon of ginger or fresh grated ginger</p><p>Pinch of black pepper</p><p>Splash of boil water</p><p> </p>
Instructions
- 1
1: Wearing rubber gloves wash and chop the nettles and sweet potato into small pieces.
2: Heat the coconut oil on a low heat in a saucepan and sauté the onions, sweet potato and ginger for 3 minutes.
3: Add the garlic and stock and bring to the boil.
4: Simmer for 20 minutes.
5: Add the nettles and allow to wilt.
6: Pour the Soup into a food processor or blender or use stick blender to blend until smooth.
7: Add splash of boiling water to cup of tahini and stir into a less dense paste.
8: Stir the tahini paste into the Soup and add pinch of pepper.
9: Serve in bowls and add a swirl of soya yoghurt if desired.
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