If you would please indulge me in my over-abundance of sorrel, just one more time, I would so appreciate it. Good thing I love it! And from the last post, I was honored to have turned some of you on to it. Raymund in New Zealand, and John in Chicago, I do hope you both can find it. Margot in Australia, I hope you plant it in your garden now. I know you all will LOVE it! Bright, lemony and light, it works on so many things. So I put together this sorrel sauce to do just that.
This sauce is composed of mainly sorrel (thank goodness it uses a lot!) with a base of yogurt, (I used 2%), which even makes this healthy and relatively low calorie, although it tastes rich and full of flavor, yet light and lemony all at the same time. I used this on sautéed boneless skinless chicken breasts, on seared salmon, as a dip for crackers and even as a sauce for a warm potato salad with some grilled scallions. It’s versatile and super delicious. I made some more last night and threw it in the freezer, because my husband was getting sorrel-ed out!
And the color is so divinely green, it dresses up any dish. This may even work on pork – experiment and have fun!
SORREL SAUCE – makes about 1.5 cups
3 cups packed sorrel leaves, washed and dried
1/2 cup unflavored Greek yogurt (I used 2%)
3 garlic cloves, crushed
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Salt
Pepper
In a food processor or a blender, place sorrel, yogurt, garlic, olive oil, the mustard, salt to taste and 12 grinds of fresh pepper. Process until it is bright green. Taste and add more salt, if necessary/desired. Refrigerate until needed. Or freeze for future use.
This is great on grilled seafood, chicken, vegetables or as a sauce for a warm potato salad.
Sorrel sauce on grilled salmon with steamed jasmine rice, grilled Japanese turnips and sauteed kale with garlic.
Sorrel sauce on grilled sliced chicken breasts, with oven roasted broccoli and freekeh.
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What a wonderful meal, sorrel is one of those herbs I hardly ever use or see. It is delicious. I love that sauce.
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I know Suzanne, sorrel is hard to find in quantity. That’s why I grow it – it’s a perennial – so it comes back every year!
Love this sorrel sauce, have never tried sorrel before,. thinking about adding it to the garden next year.
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Cheri – I really hope you do add it to your garden as you will find many uses for it and probably fall in LOVE with it, like I have!
Never heard of this. Looks good.
It is great!! Hope you can find some to make this sauce. It’s so versatile!
I only grew sorrel one year and it was everywhere. I couldn’t use it fast enough and then one day I found out that the chickens liked it too. They ate my crop nearly bare in less than 8 hours. 🙂 This sauce looks incredible.
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And then did their eggs taste lemony??
This sauce is such a beautiful colour Mary! I can just imagine how well it works with seafood and chicken… also love the idea of using it as a dip as part of an appetiser plate. Looking forward to getting into the garden soon and planting some! Thanks, Margot
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It is lovely Margot, and the color is gorgeous! Hope it grows well for you.
Such a divine meal! Bet the sauce will be great with some warm salads too.
Angie@Angie’s Recipes recently posted…Beetroot Salsa filled Avocado
Totally Angie – it’s great on warm potatoes for a terrific salad. Add some blanched green beans and a little red pepper for color.
It’s really great on anything!
Wonderful salmon dish….lovely idea
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Thanks Roger – it’s easy and super delicious!
What a lovely sorrel sauce 😀
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Thank you!! 🙂
Sorrel us away my dear, I am loving it. This sauce looks fab, would love to try it.
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Lovely green colour and so fresh tasting. Great idea, I think I might want to try it on a bit of salmon and also on fresh veggies as a dip instead of those potato chip munchies we always we get around game time…
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Yes – this tastes rich but really isn’t as it’s mainly just the sorrel leaves! Healthy!!