Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, sig's green soup with spinach, leeks and fennel. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Sig's Green Soup with Spinach, Leeks and Fennel is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Sig's Green Soup with Spinach, Leeks and Fennel is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sig's green soup with spinach, leeks and fennel using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sig's Green Soup with Spinach, Leeks and Fennel:
- Prepare 400 grams baby spinach
- Prepare 2 small leeks
- Take 1/4 bulb fresh fennel
- Get 2-3 mugs water depending on how thin you like soup
- Get 1 vegetable stock cube
- Prepare 1 good pinch wild garlic leaves
- Make ready 1 pinch red pimento powder
- Get 1 pinch nutmeg
- Take 2-3 tablespoons heavy cream (optional )
- Get 16 separated sprout leaves
- Make ready 1 tablespoon butter or vegetable oil for frying the sprout leaves
- Take 2 cherry tomatoes halved
- Prepare 20 cubes croutons of choice
- Get 1/2 tablespoon olive oil for drizzling into soup
Instructions to make Sig's Green Soup with Spinach, Leeks and Fennel:
- Heat the water to boil. Chop the fennel and leeks then add them to the water with the spinach, boil l until spinach has just wilted.
- Add the pimento, nutmeg and stock cube . Cool down slightly then pour this mixture into a blender and blend until very smooth.
- Return the soup back to heat and slightly simmer, do not boil again, season with salt and pepper.
- In the meantime fry the sprout leaves, halve the tomatoes and prepare or use shop bought crouton .Stir the cream into the soup if using.
- Plate the soup garnished with sprout leaves, tomatoes and croûtons. Enjoy.
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