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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> German

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and sauté the onion, garlic and zucchini gently for about 10 minutes, stirring once or twice. | 2. Do not let them brown. | 3. Add the spinach and cook until wilted then pour in the broth. | 4. Bring to the boil, season to taste then stir in and simmer, partially covered, for about 10 to 15 minutes. | 5. Strain the vegetables and reserve the liquid. | 6. Pass the vegetables through a food processor or blender, gradually adding back the liquid and adding 2 tablespoons of the quark. | 7. Return the soup to the pan and set aside. | 8. Either cut the pumpernickel into small rounds using a cookie cutter or leave whole. | 9. Toast under a hot grill for 1 to 2 minutes until just crisp. | 10. Remove, cut into quarters if not already cut into rounds, and allow to cool. | 11. Whisk the herbs and some seasoning into the rest of the quark. | 12. When ready to serve, spread the quark on the pumpernickel toasts. | 13. Bring the soup to the boil and check the seasoning, adding a little lemon juice if you think it needs it. | 14. Divide the soup between warmed bowls and top or serve with the pumpernickel toasts. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	2	ounces		323.19	14.8497	10.0983	27.215999999999998
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	1		crushed	151.3	0.0	33.66	0.85
zucchini	3		trimmed chopped	10.08	1.4928	1.3008	0.192
spinach leaf	1	cup	chopped	45.24	6.5676	5.6628	0.8892
chicken broth	5	cups		390.6	9.45	55.692	13.104000000000001
quark	6	ounces	whipped	151.3	0.0	33.66	0.85
pumpernickel bread	3	slices		-	-	-	-
lemon juice				-	-	-	-
herb	2 -3	tablespoons	chopped mixed	-	-	-	-
sea salt black pepper			ground	151.3	0.0	33.66	0.85

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