Watercress Soup

Watercress Soup

This vibrant peppery soup is incredibly straightforward to pull together, wonderfully filling, and smooth. An ideal freezer batch option.
Vegan Gluten-Free Dairy-Free
Velvety green Watercress Soup bowl served with cream

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Servings

8 people

Ingredients

  • 3 onions
  • 3 large potatoes
  • 6 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 vegetable stock pots
  • 1.5L water
  • 3 bags of fresh watercress
  • 250g soya cream alternative
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • Fresh baby spinach leaves (for garnish)

Method

Step 1: Slice the Base Produce
Roughly chop your onions and large potatoes, keeping the potato skins completely on for extra texture and nutrition.
Chipping raw potato chunks and onions on wooden cutting surface
Step 2: Sauté the Aromatics
Add your chopped potato and onion chunks directly into a deep soup pot containing the vegetable oil. Fry and sweat the base layers for 10 minutes.
Sweating potato cubes and onions inside deep soup pot
Step 3: Pour the Stock Liquid
Stir your three vegetable stock pots directly into the base, then submerge by pouring in the full 1.5L of water. Bring to a rolling bubble and boil out for 15 minutes.
Boiling potato soup broth base liquid inside cooker
Step 4: Wilt the Fresh Watercress
Give your watercress bunches a quick rough chop and drop them straight into the hot liquid pot, letting the greens simmer down for 5 minutes.
Adding chopped fresh green leaves directly into boiling broth pot
Step 5: Process into a Smooth Velvet Puree
Turn the burner flame completely off. Submerge an immersion hand blender and process the contents thoroughly until completely smooth, silky, and uniform green.
Pureeing green watercress soup smooth with hand stick blender
Step 6: Swirl the Soya Cream
Pour your rich soya cream alternative right into the pureed green base. Add your salt and black pepper seasonings, stirring together to integrate fully. Serve warm with an extra elegant swirl of cream and a fresh baby spinach leaf garnish.
Stirring white liquid cream into smooth green pureed soup pot base

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