Cream of Sorrel Soup – 50 Calorie Spa Cuisine

Chef Michel Guerard, who is called the “father of spa cuisine” creates and teaches cuisine minceur (slimming cuisine) at the Les Pres d’Eugenie in France.   Cooking Classes at the Michel Guérard Institute  include unique approaches to 3 cuisines – rustic, Michelin-starred, and Slimming – through a variety of the resort’s best recipes.  One of the recipes is this light and frothy Cream of Sorrel Soup, which is just 50 calories per serving and makes an ideal spa lunch.

Cream of Sorrel Soup

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Course: Soups

Cuisine: Healthy Spa Cuisine

Keyword: French

Servings: 4 Servings

Calories: 50kcal

Courtesy Of: Michel Guérard Institute

This light and frothy soup is ideal for spring, and is just 50 calories per serving. It was created as part of the Slimming Cuisine series by the Michel Guérard Institute in France.

Equipment

• Saucepan
• Blender
• Food Processor

Ingredients

• ▢ 4.5 oz Sorrel - fresh, chopped
• ▢ 2 cloves Garlic
• ▢ 4.5 cups Chicken Stock -low sodium, if used canned
• ▢ 2 teaspoons Olive Oil
• ▢ 1.5 teaspoons Salt
• ▢ 1.5 teaspoons Pepper
• ▢ 2 whole Eggs

Instructions

• Heat the olive oil in a saucepan
• Peel the garlic cloves, crush whole, and brown lightly in the oil.
• Add chopped sorrel, salt and pepper, and mix.
• Add the chicken stock to the vegetables and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Pour the soup base into a good blender (one which can withstand heat, such as a Vitamix) or food processor. Blend for 2 minutes until the base is very smooth.
• Return soup base to the sauce pan, and heat again until it starts to simmer, if necessary (depending on how you blended it).
• With a wire whisk, whisk the eggs in a very large bowl until they are light and fluffy.
• Add the heated soup base (be sure it is not boiling), gradually, to the eggs, whisking continuously. The frothy eggs, aerated by whisking, will set on contact with the warm soup base, to make the soup light, airy, and velvety.
• Serve immediately, garnished as desired.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1 cup | Calories: 50 kcal (3%) | Carbohydrates: 2 g (1%) | Protein: 4.5 g (9%) | Fat: 2.75 g (4%)

Les Prés d’Eugénie  is a 5 star luxury hotel in Eugénie-les-Bains, with a gourmet 3 star Michelin restaurant, spa and spa treatments.  It offers cookery classes at its  own Michel Guérard Institute — a unique initiation to the 3 cuisines – rustic, Michelin-starred, and slimming.