Watercress soup with poached quail eggs

Recent medical research has found that watercress can substantially reduce the rate of breast cancer cell development. To support Breast Cancer Awareness month, The Haven Breast Cancer support centre has teamed up with Vitacress and Michelin star restaurant, The Box Tree to create this mouthwatering watercress recipe.

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Watercress soup with poached quails eggs

Serves: 4

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Ingredients

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  • 200ml of vegetable oil
  • 600g peeled, raw, chopped potato
  • 300g chopped shallots
  • 240g chopped leeks
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 375g watercress (half stalks removed)
  • 2250ml vegetable stock
  • 1.5 teaspoons of horseradish sauce
  • 750g spinach picked and washed
  • 12 quails eggs

Method

  1. Heat 50ml of the oil in a thick-bottomed pan.
  2. Add the potatoes and cook for two minutes without colouring the potatoes.
  3. Add the leeks, shallots and garlic and cook for a further 4 minutes without colouring.
  4. Add 1500ml of vegetable stock and horseradish; bring to the boil and simmer for 6 minutes then remove from the heat.
  5. Heat a clean pan and add the remainder of the oil and stock with the spinach and watercress and cook until the bitterness of the watercress is reduced.
  6. Add the spinach and watercress to the stock, potatoes, leeks, garlic and shallots and liquidise until smooth and bright green in colour. Pass through a strainer to ensure the soup is completely smooth.
  7. Bring a pan of water to the boil with a little oil and white wine vinegar, poached quails eggs for one minute.
  8. Season the soup and pour into serving bowls.
  9. Add three poached quails eggs to each bowl and finish with a little drizzle of olive oil.
    Visit www.thehaven.org.uk to find out more about how The Haven cares for cancer patients.
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