Lemony Vegetable Soup

• This soup was inspired when making lemony chicken sauce.
• The addition of lemon juice just before serving gives this soup a lovely tang.
• It gives it the sour taste that is loved by Poles.
• Use green vegetables mostly such as celery, lettuce, white & green part of leeks, chives and kale.
• A little chopped carrot and  sweetcorn can be added.

Ingredients

• Sliced or finely chopped green vegetables such as: 
• celery
• chives
• kale
• leeks – white and green
• onions (if not using leeks)
• sorrel
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• 1 carrot – chopped small
• *
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1 – 1½ litres of chicken or vegetable stock
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Salt & pepper to taste. 

Method

• Melt the butter in a pan and lightly fry the leeks or onions.
• Stir in the rest of the vegetables.
• Cook for a few minutes.
• Add the stock.
• Simmer for 20 – 30 minutes till all vegetables are soft.
• Season to taste.
• Stir in the juice of the lemon.