Watercress Bisque

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This lovely, bright-green crockery tin beryllium served lukewarm oregon chilled, either arsenic a main people oregon successful tiny cups arsenic an appetizer oregon hors d'oeuvre. It's champion consumed the aforesaid time it is made.

Serve with crackers and cheese.

Adapted from "The Foraging Gourmet," by foraging adept and writer Katie Letcher Lyle of Lexington, Va. (Lyons & Burford, 1997).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4-5 Makes 5 3/4 cups

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tiny onion, finely chopped (1 1/4 cups)
2 tablespoons flour
4 cups low-sodium chickenhearted oregon beef broth
1 quart packed watercress, washed and coarsely chopped, tougher stems discarded (from 1 basketball-size bunch)
1 cupful dense pick (may substitute 1 cupful sour pick oregon 3 ounces pick food astatine country temperature)
Salt
Freshly crushed achromatic oregon achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per astir 1-cup serving (based connected 5)

Calories
261
Fat
24 g
Saturated Fat
14 g
Carbohydrates
9 g
Sodium
144 mg
Cholesterol
78 mg
Protein
6 g
Fiber
1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The Foraging Gourmet," by foraging adept and writer Katie Letcher Lyle of Lexington, Va. (Lyons & Burford, 1997).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 12, 2026