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  • 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
    plus extra for drizzling
  • 25g butter
  • 1 onion
    finely diced
  • 1 leek
    finely diced
  • 2 celery
    sticks, thinly sliced
  • 1 carrot
    finely diced
  • 1 small potato
    peeled and diced
  • 1.2l good-quality vegetable stock
  • 300g young nettle leaves
  • 200g wild garlic leaves
    (keep any flowers if you have them)
  • 3 tbsp milk

Nutrition: per serving (4)

  • kcal189
  • fat10g
    low
  • saturates4g
  • carbs16g
  • sugars10g
  • fibre6g
  • protein6g
  • salt1g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oil and butter in a large saucepan. Add the onion, leek, celery, carrot, potato and a good pinch of salt, and stir until everything is well coated. Cover and sweat gently for 15-20 mins, stirring every so often to make sure that the vegetables don’t catch on the bottom of the pan.

  • step 2

    Pour in the stock and simmer for 10 mins. Add the nettles in several batches, stirring, then add the wild garlic leaves and simmer for 2 mins.

  • step 3

    Remove from the heat and blend using a stick blender or tip into a blender. Return to the heat and stir through the milk, then taste for seasoning. Ladle into bowls and drizzle over a little extra oil, then top with a few wild garlic flowers, if you have them.

RECIPE TIPS
BARNEY’S FORAGING RULES

Take a pocket guidebook, and check it before picking anything. Make sure that it is legal to forage in a public area or that you have the landowner’s permission. Use all your senses to identify the plants you are looking for; it may look similar to wild garlic but if it doesn’t smell of garlic – don’t eat it! Never pick leaves next to busy roads or lanes, or low down, where dogs are regularly walked. If foraging for stinging nettles, wear gloves when picking and make sure to cook properly.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2015

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RosieGaines70848

Brilliant recipe, tastes & looks amazing, really healthy as well. Will be using this site again.

Scottie pottie

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I used spinach as a change from nettles but have used nettles and either works well. I also use ham stock rather than vegetable stock. It looks and feels healthy but tastes really good.

catie74

We have loads of wild garlic in the garden ( well we did but the kids keep picking and munching it) Have been making similar soups for years and the whole family enjoy them, though I generally use chicken stock instead of vegetable. lovely when using the flowers sprinkled in the bowl before…

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