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Recipe:Creamy spinach soup

Fancy a vegetable shot? And don't you feel like standing in the kitchen for hours? Soup is the solution, like this creamy spinach soup.

Preparation time:35 minutes
Waiting time:20 minutes

Ingredients for 4 people

  • 300 grams of ready-to-cook spinach leaves
  • 250 grams of floury potatoes
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 shallot
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 l vegetable stock
  • 200 ml whipped cream
  • 1-2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 scoop of nutmeg

Additionally needed: hand blender or food processor, (nutmeg) grater.

Get started Let the spinach wilt quickly in plenty of boiling salted water. Scoop with a slotted spoon directly into a bowl of ice cold water and then into a colander. Drain well. Roughly chop the spinach. Peel and wash the potatoes, cut into cubes. Peel and chop the garlic and shallot. Melt the butter in a (soup) pan and fry the shallot with the garlic until translucent. Stir in the potatoes and flour. Bake for 1 more minute.

Pour in the stock and let it simmer for another 15 minutes. Add the chopped spinach and 150 ml whipping cream. Puree the soup with a stick blender or in a food processor. Allow to reduce slightly or add extra stock to get the desired thickness. Season the soup with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Divide the soup between 4 bowls and garnish with the remaining whipped cream. Finally, grate some nutmeg over it.

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