Zermatter Hay Soup
Hay belongs on the field? No way! After this recipe you will think otherwise. The hay soup of Hotel Bella Vista Zermatt has been passed down for generations and is a real specialty in the Alpine region.
Ingredients
- 10 gm butter
- 50 gm onions
- 20 gm leek
- 20 gm celery
- ½ clove of garlic
- 100 gm potatoes
- 75 ml broth
- 25 ml cream
- 1 pich of salt
- pepper
- 2 handful of hay
Instructions
- Melt thebutter. Sauté finely chopped onions, leeks, celery and garlic.
- Add thefinely chopped potatoes and fill with the stock, then simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Add 15 ml of cream and mix. Then add the hayand simmer for 5 minutes.
- Strainthrough a fine sieve. Bring the soup to the boil again and season with salt and pepper. Whip the remaining cream until stiff and add it to the soup.