Sorrel Soup Safely

Preparation info
  • Makes 4 Cups ; Serves

    3 or 4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Intolerant Gourmet

By Barbara Kafka

Published 2011

  • About

Every spring I revel in the clear clean acidity of sorrel. It is available only rarely in shops other than in the spring. That’s a shame as I have discovered in my garden, if one is ruthless about deadheading the plants, sorrel can be available almost all summer and again in the fall. A sadness has been that my favorite, cold sorrel soup, has always called for cream. This is a case where coconut milk can be substituted without evoking alien cuisines. The sorrel is strong enough to remain th