Name: Cream of Watercress Soup
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 3 dl/½ pint milk; salt and freshly milled pepper; 1.5 dl/¼ pint single cream; 6 dl/1 pint chicken stock; 25 g/1 oz butter; 1 onion; 450 g/1 lb potatoes; 2 bunches watercress

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

Watercress soup is also delicious served cold. Allow the soup to cool, then stir in the cream, chopped watercress and a little extra stock to thin it down. Chill well before serving.

Ingredients

2 bunches watercress
450 g/1 lb potatoes

Method

Thoroughly wash the watercress, dipping it head downwards in plenty of cold water. Set one bunch aside for the garnish. Cut away the stalks from the remaining bunch and then coarsely chop the leaves and top parts of the stalks. Peel and dice the potatoes. Peel and finely chop the onion.

Melt the butter in a large saucepan, add the onion and fry gently for a moment. Add the potatoes, cho

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