New Year's Detox Recipe - Green Rocket Soup

02 Jan 2019 / Food and Wine Pairing

4 people
25 minutes

Purificação, responsible for Quinta da Aveleda's canteen, feeds all who work here always with great care and dedication. After a christmas holiday season, she wanted to surprise the Aveleda workers with a dish that would help them recover from the excesses of previous days. In collaboration with Clavel's Kitchen came this delicious Green Rocket Soup, perfect to pair with a small glass of Quinta da Aveleda. Discover the recipe and recover from the festive season with flavour and elegance.

INGREDIENTS

1 tablespoon of coconut oil
1 small onion
2 garlic cloves
12 fresh asparagus
½ fennel bulb
2 celery stalks
350ml of vegetable broth or boiling water
50g of rocket
50g of spinach
Juice and zest of 1 lime
Seeds to sprinkle

PREPARATION

Put the coconut oil on a pot, add the onion, the garlic, the asparagus, the fennel and the celery, all cut in small pieces and let them stir-fry for 5 minutes. Add the broth and let it cook for 10 minutes in medium-low heat. Add the rocket and the spinach and remove the pot from the heat. Add the juice and lime zest and blend everything with a hand blender until you get a creamy texture. If necessary, add more broth. Serve very hot with sprinkled seeds.

Written by Aveleda