Chilled Sorrel And Pea Soup Recipes

COLD SORREL SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter over moderate heat in a medium stockpot or Dutch oven. Cook onion with salt and pepper until soft, about 15 minutes. Stir in sorrel and cook over moderate heat, uncovered, about 5 minutes. Stir occasionally so the sorrel is evenly cooked.
• Add half and half, water, and Tabasco pepper sauce. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Puree in a blender until smooth and strain through a medium sieve. Stir in lemon juice, adjust with salt and pepper, and refrigerate a minimum of 4 hours, or, to serve immediately, chill in bowl rested in another bowl of iced water. Serve cold.

CHILLED SORREL-AND-PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Combine 3 cups of water and the rice in a pot; simmer, covered, until very soft, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a saucepan over low heat, add the onion and cook until slightly soft. Add the peas and toss for 1 minute. Add the rice with its cooking liquid, the sugar and salt.
• Simmer, covered, until tender, about 8 to 10 minutes. Pass the soup through the medium disk of a food mill.
• Slice the sorrel into slivers. Reserve a handful for garnish and place the rest in a nonaluminum pot with the remaining 1/2 cup water. Stir over moderate heat until "melted."
• Add the sorrel to the puree and press the mixture through a fine sieve. Add 1/2 cup buttermilk and 1/4 cup cream. Adjust seasoning with salt and white pepper.
• Refrigerate at least 4 hours. To serve, add buttermilk and cream to taste and check seasoning. Ladle the soup into bowls, garnish with the remaining sorrel and serve.

BABA'S BEST SORREL SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until soft, about 5 minutes. Add sorrel in batches, stirring well until wilted, 5 to 8 minutes in all.
• Pour chicken stock and water into the Dutch oven. Stir in potatoes, carrot, parsley, dill, lemon juice, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Simmer soup until flavors combine, about 1 hour.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender until mostly smooth before serving.

CHILLED SORREL SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot, bring the water, potatoes, dill & scallions to a medium boil & cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the chopped sorrel & lemon juice, salt, pepper & sugar. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat & discard the dill sprigs.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the cold water till light.
• Very slowly pour 2 cups of the hot stock.
• into the egg mixture, stirring constantly to prevent curdling. Then pour egg mixture back into the soup pot, stirring thoroughly.
• Chill until very cold, at least 3 hours.
• Just before serving, whisk in the sour cream & garnish with dill. Top with cucumbers.

SORREL, PEA, AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan cook leeks in oil with salt and pepper to taste over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened. Peel potato and cut into 1-inch cubes. Add potato, broth, and 1 cup water to leeks and simmer, covered, about 10 minutes, or until potato is tender. Stir in peas and simmer, uncovered, about 5 minutes, or until peas are tender.
• In a blender purée potato mixture with sorrel in 2 batches until very smooth, transferring to a bowl. Whisk in sour cream and remaining 1/2 cup water, adding additional to thin soup to desired consistency. Chill soup, covered, at least 2 hours, and up to 24.
• Just before serving, stir in lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. Garnish soup with egg and sorrel.