Looking for a refreshing and easy-to-make soup perfect for warm weather? Look no further than sorrel soup. This vibrant green soup is made with fresh sorrel leaves, a tart and tangy herb that gives the soup its characteristic flavor. In some variations, sorrel soup is served cold, making it an ideal choice for a light and refreshing meal on a hot day. Sorrel soup can also be served hot, making it a comforting and flavorful meal that's perfect for a cold day. Additionally, this article offers a delicious twist on the classic sorrel soup recipe by adding hard-boiled eggs. The eggs add a richness and creaminess to the soup, making it even more satisfying. Whether you prefer your sorrel soup cold or hot, with or without eggs, you're sure to find a recipe in this article that you'll love. So gather your ingredients and get ready to enjoy this delightful soup!
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SORREL SOUP WITH HARD-BOILED EGGS
Provided by Nancy Harmon Jenkins
Categories dinner, lunch, soups and stews, appetizer
Time 3h10m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Make a rich beef stock by simmering beef bones in 9 cups water over medium-low heat, skimming the gray scum that rises to the top. Add trimmed, pared and split vegetables, the tablespoon of salt and the pepper, the bay leaf and the dried mushrooms. (If using Italian mushrooms, first soak for 20 minutes in warm water to soften, then rinse to remove sand.) Bring to a simmer, partly cover and cook for two hours. When cooking is done, discard vegetables and bones. Cool in refrigerator or freezer, then skim fat if necessary.
- Bring remaining 1 1/2 cups of water to a boil, add remaining teaspoon salt and one tablespoon of the butter. When butter has melted, add rice. Cook, partly covered, about 15 minutes, or until rice is cooked through but not mushy. Set aside.
- Wash and drain sorrel. Bring stock to a rolling boil and add sorrel all at once. Stir, and cook until sorrel is soft, about 5 minutes.
- While sorrel is cooking, mix sour cream with flour to make a smooth paste. Add a little boiling stock and mix well. Keep adding stock and mixing until you have a cup of liquid. When sorrel is cooked, beat the sour cream mixture into the hot soup. Add salt and pepper if necessary. Cook at a gentle boil about 5 minutes longer.
- Melt remaining butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add croutons and toss until browned.
- To serve, put a quarter-cup mound of rice in each soup plate. Pour the hot soup around it and top with chopped eggs, croutons and finely minced dill. Serve immediately.
ICE-COLD SCHAV
Nothing revives and refreshes in a heat wave like this ice-cold schav, made with the exceptionally tart herb sorrel. The soup is seasoned at each stage: You salt the sweating shallots, the cooking potatoes, again when you add the sorrel and finally again when all is combined, which seems like a lot of salt. But once the mixture is chilled, the flavors are masked and dulled so it will taste just right. Using the stems of herbs is a habit I've formed in general, but in the case of sorrel I wish it were an herb all on its own - that you could just buy sorrel stems. I've seen Instagrammable versions of the soup with the egg cut into pristine wedges and bright green watercress substituted for drab muddy sorrel, but I think the way to go here is without vanity: Scatter well-chopped hard-boiled egg liberally over the drab soup, and follow with the minced stems, also liberally.
Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton
Categories soups and stews
Time 45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Melt butter in nonreactive soup pot. Sweat shallot and minced potato scraps in the butter slowly, stirring gently. Season with salt.
- Put diced potatoes in the water, season with salt and bring to a boil. Simmer potatoes until perfectly cooked, a couple of minutes only. Taste one cube to determine.
- Add sorrel to sweating shallot-potato mixture, and season with salt. Stir and wilt the sorrel, which will happen almost instantly, turning drab immediately.
- Add the cooked potatoes and their salty water to the pot of sorrel. Season with salt, if needed, keeping in mind that when chilled, the flavors are dulled significantly.
- Chill immediately and thoroughly - overnight even.
- Chop the hard-boiled eggs, and scatter in the cold soup. Mince half the reserved stems from the sorrel as you would chives, and sprinkle over soup.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 273, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 25 grams, Fat 16 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 921 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
SORREL SOUP
Rich, strong-flavored soup. We call this weed soup as sorrel grew like weeds. Adjust quantities of sorrel, stock, cream (or evaporated milk) to taste.
Provided by BFOULDS
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes
Time 20m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir in rice, reduce heat, and simmer for about 8 minutes. Stir in sorrel and return to a boil. Remove from heat and puree in batches in a blender or food processor or using an immersion blender.
- Return to medium-low heat and stir in cream, salt, and pepper. Heat through and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 112.1 calories, Carbohydrate 9.5 g, Cholesterol 27.2 mg, Fat 7.8 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.5 g, SaturatedFat 4.6 g, Sodium 239.3 mg, Sugar 1.5 g
QUICK SORREL SOUP (SHCHAVEL BORSCHT)
Sorrel Soup is a classic Russian/Ukrainian soup that's loaded with potatoes, greens and veggies. Serve it hot with a big dollop of sour cream.
Provided by Natalya Drozhzhin
Categories Soup
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In large pot, sautée carrots and onions with 4 tablespoons of cooking oil. Sautée until vegetables are soft (7-10 minutes).
- Add water to the pot and bring it to a boil.
- Cut potatoes into one inch cubes. Add potatoes into boiling water and let it cook for 15 minutes.
- Dice hard boiled eggs, scallions, dill and sorrel.
- Add green onions, eggs and dill to the soup, let it cook for about five minutes. Add sorrel to the soup. Remove soup from the heat and let it sit for about 10 minutes.
- Soup is best when it is served warm. Optionally, add a dollop of sour cream to it before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 92 kcal, Carbohydrate 2 g, Protein 2 g, Fat 8 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 47 mg, Sodium 918 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 1 g, ServingSize 1 serving
CHILLED SORREL SOUP
A tangy cold refreshing spring soup. Spinach may be used. Use young tender leaves of the sorrel.Cooking time does include chilling time. Can also be chilled overnight.
Provided by Rita1652
Categories Spinach
Time 4h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a soup pot, bring the water, potatoes, dill & scallions to a medium boil & cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the chopped sorrel & lemon juice, salt, pepper & sugar. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat & discard the dill sprigs.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the cold water till light.
- Very slowly pour 2 cups of the hot stock.
- into the egg mixture, stirring constantly to prevent curdling. Then pour egg mixture back into the soup pot, stirring thoroughly.
- Chill until very cold, at least 3 hours.
- Just before serving, whisk in the sour cream & garnish with dill. Top with cucumbers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 174.2, Fat 9.8, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 87.4, Sodium 53.3, Carbohydrate 17.6, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 3.2, Protein 4.9
SCHAV BORSCHT - SORREL SOUP
I found this on RecipeSource and they say that they got it from A Jewish Mother's Cookbook by Elaine Radis. I halved it as they're only 3 of us - and added garlic - it was great!
Provided by Tina and Dave
Categories Greens
Time 55m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Wash the sorrel thoroughly in several changes of cold water. Remove and discard the stems. Chop the leaves into thin ribbons. You can make this with spinach but the taste will be different. Sorrel has a sour/bitter flavor.
- Heat the butter or oil in a 3 quart saucepan and saute, the sorrel and onions.
- Cook stirring, for 10 minutes until the sorrel is wilted and the onion translucent. Add water and salt.
- Let the soup simmer for 25 to 30 minutes more.
- Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Add the lemon juice a little at a time, tasting constantly to achieve the degree of tartness that pleases you.
- Beat a tablespoon or two of the soup into the egg yolks, then stir egg yolks into the soup. Reheat the soup but do not let it boil after adding the egg yolks.
- Serve hot or cold, accompanied by sour cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 76.3, Fat 5.2, SaturatedFat 2.9, Cholesterol 73.1, Sodium 422.7, Carbohydrate 6.9, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 5.2, Protein 1.1
SCHAV( COLD SORREL SOUP)
I've got a bunch of sorrel growing (at least I hope it overwinters) and no recipes. Here is one that looks good. I'm estimating how many it serves.
Provided by Dienia B.
Categories Clear Soup
Time 50m
Yield 4 quarts
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Pick over and wash sorrel.
- Chop leaves very fine.
- Bring water to a rolling boil
- Drop in sorrel.
- Cook for 10 minutes.
- Cool.
- Pour into quart jars.
- Serve in cold bowl with dollop of sour cream,
- topped with scallions and radishes.
- Plunk potatoes around.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 361.1, Fat 3.4, SaturatedFat 2, Cholesterol 6.3, Sodium 636.4, Carbohydrate 75.6, Fiber 9.6, Sugar 3.6, Protein 9.2
Tips:
- Use fresh sorrel leaves. Fresh sorrel leaves have a bright, lemony flavor that is perfect for this soup. If you can't find fresh sorrel, you can use frozen sorrel leaves, but be sure to thaw them completely before using.
- Don't overcook the sorrel. Sorrel leaves can become tough and bitter if they are overcooked. Add them to the soup just before serving, and cook for no more than a few minutes.
- Add some other vegetables. This soup is also delicious with other vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots, or celery. Add them to the soup pot along with the sorrel.
- Serve with hard-boiled eggs. Hard-boiled eggs are a classic accompaniment to sorrel soup. They add a richness and creaminess to the soup.
- Enjoy! Sorrel soup is a delicious and refreshing soup that is perfect for a light lunch or dinner.
Conclusion:
Sorrel soup is a delicious and easy-to-make soup that is perfect for any occasion. It is a great way to use up fresh sorrel leaves, and it is also a very healthy soup. The sorrel leaves are a good source of vitamins and minerals, and they are also low in calories. This soup is also very versatile, and it can be made with a variety of other vegetables. So next time you are looking for a light and refreshing soup, give sorrel soup a try. You won't be disappointed!
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