earthyvirgo
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What do you make with Sorrel?Got a lovely, large, healthy crop of sorrel in the garden but other than using a few leaves in salads, I've never really been sure what to make with it.
Does anyone have any nice recipes or meal ideas that use an awful lot of sorrel ? 
EV
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Nick
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Never tried it, but I'm sure I've come across sorrel soup recipes.
Saag?
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judith
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It goes very nicely with all things eggy IMO, particularly in omelettes.
Also very good added to beany / lentil stews.
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sean
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It makes a nice sauce for fish. Sweat it down in a bit of butter, add some white wine and let it mostly evaporate then add a glug of cream. This uses a surprising amount of sorrel because it wilts down even more than spinach does.
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earthyvirgo
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| sean wrote: | | ...Sweat it down in a bit of butter, add some white wine and let it mostly evaporate then add a glug of cream. |
OK Delia, sounds good 
EV
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colour it green
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| sean wrote: | | It makes a nice sauce for fish. Sweat it down in a bit of butter, add some white wine and let it mostly evaporate then add a glug of cream. This uses a surprising amount of sorrel because it wilts down even more than spinach does. |
yup we do that (including the butter, but using creme fraiche) and then put in on a toasted muffin and a poached egg on top. nice.
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Treacodactyl
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Yep, we add leaves to curries, risottos (not pre-boiled) and the like.
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gil
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Sorrel soup, sorrel sauce, sorrel in an omelette, as folk have said.
Wilted down in Spanish omelette.
I got so sick of my two rows of sorrel, I dug them both out in the end, and now I only use wild [sheeps] sorrel, in salads or omelette.
Before I did, I made sorrel wine, which used up 1.5lb of leaves.
It was OK, but I've never wanted to make it again 
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dpack
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mixer for tequila cocktails
good with fish
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Gervase
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It's good in dishes like macaroni cheese; the peppery, slightly bitter taste cuts through nicely.
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tahir
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Never tried it
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sean
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| tahir wrote: |
Never tried it |
What??????? Someone's found a leaf that you haven't used to make saag? 
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cab
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Sorrel is pretty cack in saag. More or less just disappears into anything its cooked in. A potato soup flavoured with sorrel is pretty special though.
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Fee
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I like some leaves in a fruit salad
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cab
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Actually, I think theres a recipe somewhere (Ray Meares?) for a sort of sweet 'fruit tart' using sorrel.
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Helen_A
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There were a couple of sorrel recipes on the 'supersizers eat like the romans' thing the other day (its on iPlayer still)...
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