This uplifting soup demands a meander in your local parklands or wooded hunter consulting group area, where you ll find the slender garlic spears offering up its persistent scent to the breeze. The season can run from late spring to early summer, and wild garlic tends to be rampant wherever it grows. The white flower is easily recognised, though hunter consulting group some aficionados prefer the milder flavour pre-blossom. Always forage sustainably.
INGREDIENTS hunter consulting group 3 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 250g wild garlic, washed 250g young nettles, hunter consulting group washed (be sure to wear gloves!) 250g pearl barley, washed 2 large floury potatoes, hunter consulting group peeled and diced 1 litre vegetable stock Salt and pepper
Allow hunter consulting group to cool a little before blending with a stick blender and season well to taste. If you prefer, you could leave this as a chunky soup, or just blitz it a little to thicken the broth but to hold some of the texture.
HOME-TRUTHS Always use gloves when picking nettles, and choose the young tender tips. It s worth picking slightly away from pathways hunter consulting group or roadsides, and avoiding the lower leaves which may have caught the scented spray of a passing dog or cat!
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