Winter nettle for soup

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to prepare nettles for winter soup? Prepare everything you need. The recipe is incredibly simple, and therefore you will need only two main components - nettle and salt. It is better to use young nettles, collected in the forest or in the country away from the roads. You can only pickle the leaves or, as suggested in the recipe, the leaves together with young juicy twigs.

2. Step 2:

   

   First of all, you need to sort out the nettles. To do this, it is better to use thick rubber gloves. Sometimes it happens that nettles sting even through them, and therefore be careful and careful.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put the nettles in a deep bowl. Fill with salted cold water. Leave it this way for a while. This is done in order for the sand to settle, dust and all sorts of small bugs to wash out.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put the greens in a colander, rinse again under running cold water. Then wait for all the water to drain. Wipe the leaves and twigs of nettle with paper napkins to remove excess water.

5. Step 5:

   

   Cut the nettle together with the twigs into small fragments. Leave the small leaves intact. Put everything in a deep cup or bowl and sprinkle with salt.

7. Step 6:

   

   Mix thoroughly until the nettle gives juice. Leave for 10 minutes and mix everything again.

8. Step 7:

   

   Wash the jars and lids well with the product or with soda. Rinse several times in running water. Place the greens tightly in jars all the way to the top, constantly pressing with a spoon.

9. Step 8:

   

   Close the jars with lids.

10. Step 9:

    

    Nettles are ready for winter! Store it in the refrigerator or in any other cool enough place.

11. Step 10:

    

    Before winter, nettles harvested in this way are very good. In late autumn or winter, open a jar with juicy, fragrant herbs and get a portion of spring vitamins.