Green cress soup

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
500 grams Potatoes, peeled & diced
2 Green outside lettuce leaves
1 Onion, peeled, chopped
2½ cup Water
2 cups Milk
1 cup Cress leaves, firmly packed
2 teaspoons Salt

Directions

Chop the lettuce leaves, and simmer with potatoes, onion and water in a covered saucepan for 1 hour. Puree the soup in a blender or press through a sieve, and return to the saucepan on a low heat.

In a separate pan, heat the milk then stir into the puree until thoroughly blended. Add the finely chopped cress and salt, remove from the stove and serve.

For Cold Cress Soup, chill in the refrigerator, pour into cold glasses or bowls, and top with a spoonful of sour cream and a cress leaf.

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Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #5 by "Rfm" <Robert-Miles@...> on Jan 21, 99

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