Nettle soup

Will save the whole family with spring vitamin deficiency! Useful to everyone! Now is the time for borscht with fresh young nettles. Nettle is very useful, it contains vitamins B, C, E, K. and Beta-carotene. So it's not just carrots that increase visual acuity. Borscht with nettle is perfect as a dish in lent, if it is cooked on water. Also in borscht, in addition to nettle, you can add sorrel or spinach. The more greens, the tastier and richer the dish will be! With a lack of vitamins in spring, such borscht is just a lifesaver.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 29 % 2 g
Fats 14 % 1 g
Carbohydrates 57 % 4 g
32 kcal
GI: 75 / 0 / 25

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Products required for borscht with nettle.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Peel the potatoes, cut them into cubes and put them in water or broth. Cook in boiling water for 10 minutes.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    While the potatoes are cooking, peel the carrots and beets and grate on a coarse grater.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Peel the onion and cut into cubes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Onions, carrots and beets are fried in vegetable oil.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Add a tablespoon of tomato paste. We stew everything for a couple of minutes and add it to the potatoes.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    My nettle, cut. We cook borscht until it is ready. We bring it to taste, salt, pepper.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    When the borscht is ready, at the very end add the leaves of young nettle and immediately turn it off.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Cut the eggs into slices and lay out a portion for each in a plate. If desired, sour cream can be added to the borscht.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Borscht turns out delicious and nettle gives it a special taste.

The caloric content of the products possible in the dish

  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Beetroot - 40   kcal/100g
  • Dried beetroot - 278   kcal/100g
  • Boiled beets - 49   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Broth - 15   kcal/100g
  • Nettle - 33   kcal/100g

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