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Recipe By Jaxters

Ref: 703
Heading: Starters & Soups
Cuisine: British & Irish
Food Type: Vegetarian
No of Portions: 4
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Ingredients & Prep

   420 g  Fresh watercress washed & chopped
   400 ml  Whole Milk
   250 ml  Water
   150 ml  Double cream
   50 g  Butter
   1 Onion brown chopped
   1 Veg stock cube or gel pot
   1 tbsp  Flour
   1/2 tsp  Ground white pepper
  Garnish
   sprinkle  Extra watercress leaves
   sprinkle  Double cream

Method

  Step 1
Add onion & butter in a saucepan over a med heat & cook until soft but not coloured, add the flour & pepper stir in then cook for 1 minute.
  Step 2
Stir in the milk, water & stock cube, then simmer for 5 mins giving the soup base a stir occasionally.
  Step 3
Have a stick/hand blender of a liquidiser at the ready, add the watercress to the pan & cook for no more than a minute, take of the heat then blitz smooth, add cream stir in & serve into bowls & garnish.

Suggestion & Tips

Have with buttered crusty bread. Can be made in advance & re-heated later or frozen.
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