Joan's Sorrel Soup

A delightfully different soup, from a friend of long-ago, Joan. She created beautiful pottery and beautiful food.

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Yields: 6 cups

Ingredients

• 1  cup unsalted butter
• 3  leeks, both green & white sliced thinly
• 5  large garlic cloves, crushed
• 12  cups fresh sorrel leaves (rinsed, trimmed, & tightly packed)
• 4  cups  chicken stock
• 1  medium potato, peeled & cut into cubes
• 1  cup Italian parsley, loosely packed
• 1  tablespoon lemon juice (or I use 8 lemon verbena leaves)
• 2  teaspoons dried tarragon (or I use 1 teaspoon fresh tarragon)
• 1  teaspoon ground mace
• 1  teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions

1. In a large Dutch oven, melt butter. Add leeks and garlic and saute until soft.
2. Batch by batch, add sorrel, allow to wilt. Continue adding sorrel, stirring well to combine with leeks & garlic.
3. Add remaining ingredients and cook for 1 hour at simmer.
4. Puree mixture with immersion stick and add more stock if too thick.
5. Serve with rye toast croutons.