Sorrel Soup
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 200 g sorrel
- 1 head lettuce
- 1 pinch salt
- 30 g butter
- 2 egg yolks
- broth
- fried bread dice
- Parmesan
Instructions
- Soak, drain, strip and cook the sorrel and lettuce; season with salt and butter.
- Temper 2 yolks in the tureen with a little warm broth, add the greens, then gradually stir in the boiling broth.
- Add fried bread dice and serve with Parmesan; serves five.