Arugula is he althy and is often eaten as a salad, especially in autumn. But green vegetables are much more versatile: These 4 recipes show you how to use them to prepare a soup.
Grandma's potato soup is delicious and so is mum's pumpkin soup, but if you want to try something really tasty, you should make rocket soup. Yes, of course, it is actually a salad vegetable, but if you can even make jelly from dandelion, then you can also make a soup from rocket salad. After all, rocket can also be used to make delicious pesto (reading tip: rocket pesto: 2 delicious recipes presented).
The effort required for preparation is relatively small, so that you can have a delicious and he althy meal ready within a short time. These four recipes for a rocket soup taste particularly good when you serve them with semolina dumplings or smoked salmon as a side dish. The soups also taste very good with white bread.
➤ Arugula Soup Recipe 1:
Ingredients:
- 250 g rocket
- 100 g potatoes
- 1 shallot
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 200 ml cream
- 700 ml vegetable stock
- S alt
- Pepper from the mill
- 40 g Parmesan in one piece
Preparation:
Rinse rocket, select and shake dry. Set aside a few leaves for garnish. Dice the potatoes and boil. Finely dice the shallot and sauté in butter until translucent, then press in the garlic. Deglaze everything with the broth and cream and add the boiled potato cubes. Bring the soup to the boil and add the rocket. Finely puree everything with a hand blender and season with s alt and pepper. Serve on plates sprinkled with the shaved parmesan and a few rocket leaves.
➤ Arugula Soup Recipe 2:
Ingredients:
- 1 medium onion
- 50 g butter
- 20 g flour
- 100 ml white wine
- 250 ml cream
- 700 ml vegetable stock
- 250 g arugula
- S alt
- pepper
- Lemon Juice
Preparation:
Peel the onion, cut into fine cubes and sauté in the butter. The flourstir in and roast briefly. Pour in the wine, vegetable stock and whipped cream and simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes. In the meantime, wash the arugula and remove any rough stalks. Place in boiling s alted water for about 30 seconds, then remove the leaves and rinse in cold water. Squeeze the rocket well and add to the soup. Puree the soup with a hand blender and bring to a boil again. Season with s alt, pepper and possibly a little lemon juice.
➤ Arugula Soup Recipe 3:
Ingredients:
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 medium onions
- 1 tbsp oil
- 400 ml cream
- 200 g sour cream
- 1 bowl of rocket
- 1 large carrot
- 600 ml broth
- S alt
- pepper
- Pepper Powder
- Nutmeg
- Lemon Juice
Preparation:
Finely chop the garlic and onions and sauté in oil until golden brown. Dice the carrot and fry briefly. Now add the broth, the cream and the sour cream and let everything boil up briefly. Then turn down the heat. Cut the rocket into small pieces, add to the soup and simmer briefly. Puree everything as you like or leave it as it is. Now season with s alt, pepper, paprika, nutmeg and a little lemon juice and serve.
➤ Arugula Soup Recipe 4:
Ingredients:
- 200 g floury potatoes
- 1 shallot
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 800 ml broth
- 350 g arugula
- 200 ml whipping cream
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- S alt
- Pepper from the mill
- Spring Onions
Preparation:
Peel and dice the potatoes. Peel and finely chop the shallot and garlic clove, then sauté in hot oil. Add the potato cubes and deglaze with the broth. Let everything simmer gently for about 15 minutes. Wash and trim the rocket and roughly chop 2/3 of it. Add this portion to the soup and let it steep for a moment. Blend everything finely with a hand blender. Add the cream and simmer a little more if necessary. Stir in the crème fraîche and season with s alt and pepper. Cut the spring onions into rings. Gather the remaining rocket into four bundles and fix with onion rings. Pour the soup into small bowls and serve with a bunch of rocket.