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Nettle Soup Great-grandmother`s Style

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 30 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Soup
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 500 g nettles, only the tips, weihed prepared
  • 500 ml water (cooking water)
  • 1 teaspoon, leveled salt
  • 500 ml broth
  • 2 tablespoon, leveled cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoon milk, to mix
  • 2 tablespoon heavy cream
  • salt
  • Nutmeg, grated
  • 1 roll, cut into cubes
  • some butter
Nettle Soup Great-grandmother`s Style
Nettle Soup Great-grandmother`s Style

Instructions

  1. Wash the prepared nettles thoroughly, put them in boiling salted water and cook over low heat. Transfer to a sieve to drain and then finely chop. Catch the cooking water and measure 500 ml of it.
  2. Bring the cooking water and stock to the boil and remove from the hob. Add the mixed cornstarch while stirring and bring to the boil again briefly. Stir in nettles and cream and season with salt and nutmeg.
  3. Brown the diced bread roll in hot butter and add to the soup just before serving.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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