{"id":969,"date":"2011-04-20T23:53:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T23:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salvagesisters.wordpress.com\/?p=969"},"modified":"2011-06-22T17:04:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T16:04:19","slug":"seasonal-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/salvagesisters\/?p=969","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Early spring is the time to pick your nettles I’ve heard,apparently they get tough after that.<\/p>\n

It seems just as your getting into spring, its already speeding past, so I marched myself out on sunday, dentist latex gloves to hand, and went nettle hunting. Harder to remember where you last saw a lucious big clump of them than you might think!<\/p>\n

I’m told you can pick nettles bare handed if you know how, always run your fingers upwards along the stem and your golden. I didn’t risk it, and was bemused to find my double layer of latex gloves still allowed the sting to cost me for my harvest!<\/p>\n

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I was surprised to find a Nettle soup recipe in ‘Rachel Allen’s Home Cooking’ book and this is what inspired my mission.<\/p>\n

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It turned out rather unnattractively, not the ideal ingredient for a soup I’d day, it doesnt merge itself into the rich bright velvet texture of perfect soup. Was it tasty? Yes, but the texture was off putting!<\/p>\n

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I served it up with some smoked haddock pate and bread so a hedgerow lunch was still achieved!<\/p>\n

If you’re up for some nettle picking, here are two more recipes you might like to try,\u00a0 Nettle Spanakopita<\/a> and Nettle Lasagne<\/a>. Don’t forget to report back if you do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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