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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium heat. | 2. Add onion and cook until soft, 2-3 minutes. | 3. Add watercress, lettuce, spinach, nettles, and ramp leaves. | 4. Cook, stirring frequently, until vegetables are wilted, 2-3 minutes. | 5. Stir in flour, lemon zest, broth, salt and pepper. | 6. Bring to a boil. | 7. Remove from heat and let cool. | 8. Place in a blender or food processor, in batches if necessary, and blend until smooth. | 9. Return to pot. | 10. Stir in half-and-half. | 11. Ladle into bowls and top with chives or parsley, and croutons if desired. | 12. For a stronger flavor, add a tablespoon of minced garlic or 2 tablespoons chopped scallions when cooking the onion. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	4	tablespoons	unsalted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
onion	1/2		chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
watercress leaf	1	cup	packed chopped	-	-	-	-
head butterhead lettuce	1		separated	-	-	-	-
spinach leaf	1	cup	packed chopped	45.24	6.5676	5.6628	0.8892
young nettle	2		chopped substituted	-	-	-	-
onion may be	1	tablespoon	chopped substituted	-	-	-	-
flour	3	tablespoons		108.4275	23.7385	1.7627	0.4207
lemon zest	1	tablespoon	grated	-	-	-	-
chicken broth	4	cups	low sodium	312.48	7.56	44.5536	10.4832
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-
half	1 2/3	2/3		-	-	-	-
chive			minced substituted	-	-	-	-
garlic crouton		croutons	flavored	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.