Nettle Salt or Tea
- Thread starter Daniel
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Personally I find it a bit early for good tea or salt from nettles. If there's not enough for soup try gently poaching them like asparagus or adding them chopped up to stir fry. Good food 
Salt I find is better made later on when there's more ???tannin?? in the leaves. I just dry them as though for tea but powder them up very finely and add to savoury dishes.
Salt's maybe not really the right word here, it's more a kind of stock.
I'm trying to cut out salt I've been playing around with savoury stocks rather than adding the old Na+CL- to my food.
Nettles are a goodie, supposedly ideal for those who have high BP too.
If you really need the salt with them grind the leaves up, fresh or dried with a mortar and pestle and some salt crystals. Pack in an airtight baggie and use like oxo cubes.
Cheers,
Toddy
Salt I find is better made later on when there's more ???tannin?? in the leaves. I just dry them as though for tea but powder them up very finely and add to savoury dishes.
Salt's maybe not really the right word here, it's more a kind of stock.
I'm trying to cut out salt
I've been playing around with savoury stocks rather than adding the old Na+CL- to my food. Nettles are a goodie, supposedly ideal for those who have high BP too.
If you really need the salt with them grind the leaves up, fresh or dried with a mortar and pestle and some salt crystals. Pack in an airtight baggie and use like oxo cubes.
Cheers,
Toddy
Hey Toddy, thanks for the advice.
I don't really need to make salt, just thought it might be something to try out rather than soup. I'll wait a bit later for that as you've said is best.
I've never tried just eating them poached before, so I think I'll give that a try tomorrow. Lovely!!
Thanks,
Dan
I don't really need to make salt, just thought it might be something to try out rather than soup. I'll wait a bit later for that as you've said is best.
I've never tried just eating them poached before, so I think I'll give that a try tomorrow. Lovely!!
Thanks,
Dan
Here's my recipe for Spring Nettle Soup - I'm out and about this weekend so I might be able to get aroud to making it again
Ramsons/Hedge Mustard/other garlicy/herby flavouring
Nettles
Water
Optional:
Oats/rice/couscous etc
seasoning
potatoes
Pick (with a gloves or tough hands ) a bowlful of nettles. Chop well. Put the nettles, other herbs and a few tbsps of water into a pan, cover and steam for a few minutes until the nettles have wilted and look like spinach. Add the rest of the water to cover, add other ingredients and simmer for 20-30 minutes, until all is soft. Season and either serve straight, or blend down to a smooth soup.
Ramsons/Hedge Mustard/other garlicy/herby flavouring
Nettles
Water
Optional:
Oats/rice/couscous etc
seasoning
potatoes
Pick (with a gloves or tough hands
) a bowlful of nettles. Chop well. Put the nettles, other herbs and a few tbsps of water into a pan, cover and steam for a few minutes until the nettles have wilted and look like spinach. Add the rest of the water to cover, add other ingredients and simmer for 20-30 minutes, until all is soft. Season and either serve straight, or blend down to a smooth soup.something I make when I'm feeling like a treat or going to surprise someone with nettles is to :
brown a little garlic in a frying pan then add the nettles and let them wilt down (like spinach) and at the end add some double cream...Mmmm
brown a little garlic in a frying pan then add the nettles and let them wilt down (like spinach) and at the end add some double cream...Mmmm
Nettle soup - http://nettles.org.uk/nettles/activities/nettlesoup.asp
In a nutshell - make veg soup, add nettles at end, simmer till tender. Serve.
In a nutshell - make veg soup, add nettles at end, simmer till tender. Serve.
