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Watercress soup with garlic croûtons and soft pickled quails’ eggs
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Watercress soup with garlic croûtons and soft pickled quails’ eggs

21 ingredients 1 hr Serves 6 openrecipes

Take your watercress soup to new heights by topping it with croûtons and watercress oil, revealing pickled quails’ eggs and chopped apple below.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1157
Calories
28g
Protein
33g
Fat
192g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 19 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Rosemary 1 tsp dried (1.2g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Seed not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Quail not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • 50g/1¾oz white wine vinegar
  • 5 white pepper
  • ½ tsp fennel seeds
  • ½ tsp coriander seeds
  • 6 quails’ eggs
  • 500g/1lb 2oz blanched watercress
  • , to taste salt
  • 200g/7oz onions
  • 250g/9oz potato
  • 1 Granny Smith apple
  • dash oil
  • 300g/10½oz onion
  • 200g/7oz celery
  • 4 garlic
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
  • ½ loaf wholemeal bread
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • 1 garlic
  • 80g/2¾oz picked watercress
  • 150ml/5fl oz non-scented oiloil

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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