Guy’s Famous “St. Brendan” Watercress Soup
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 large onion, chopped
- ½ pound potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2½ cups chicken stock
- 2 bunches watercress (roughly 6 ounces total), chopped
- ½ cup half and half
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Crusty bread, for serving
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and sweat until soft but not browned. Add potato and stock and bring to a gentle simmer. Partially cover pot and cook until potatoes are soft, 15–20 minutes. When potatoes are almost cooked, add watercress. Cook for no more than 5 minutes. Carefully transfer to a blender (or use an immersion blender) and liquidize soup. Return to pot and add half and half. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot with crusty bread. NOTE: St. Brendan allegedly lived to the age of 180 by eating just watercress.
