Rose hip soup explained

Rose hip soup
Alternate Name:nyponsoppa
Country:Sweden
Course:Breakfast or Dessert
Type:Beverage or Soup
Served:Cold or Hot
Main Ingredient:Rose hips, sugar, water, potato starch
Calories:83-1,608 kJ per 100g
20-384 kcal per 100g [1]

Rose hip soup (Swedish: nyponsoppa) is a Swedish soup made from rose hips.[2] It is served as a beverage or as a dessert with milk, cream or vanilla ice cream along with small almond biscuits.

Rose hip soup may be eaten for breakfast. The types of soup for that purpose are generally lower in fruit content and more watery, and may be served with pieces of crisp bread.

Description and preparation

The best rose hips or nypon to make the soup are the large hips of Rosa rugosa, but the smaller hips of Rosa canina and Rosa dumalis are also commonly used.[3] [4] The hips form after the rose petals have fallen off. They are picked after the first frost of the fall, once ripe and red, then dried.[5] Nyponsoppa is typically made with dried rose hips, water, potato starch (as a thickener), and sugar. The rose hips are boiled until they are soft and then blended with a mixer. The mixture is then run through a sieve and thickened with potato starch.[6] Rose hips are rich in vitamin C.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Food Database. National Food Administration (Sweden). 15 June 2012. "Rosehip soup ready-to-eat powder unsweetened fortified" and "Rosehip soup dried powder fortified". sv, en. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120818030008/http://www7.slv.se/Naringssok/Naringsamnen.aspx. 18 August 2012.
  2. News: Rose Hip Soup Recipe . 29 March 2020 . About.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816060858/http://homecooking.about.com:80/od/fruitrecipes/r/blfruit8.htm . 16 August 2016.
  3. Book: Det vilda köket. Kalf-Hansen. Rune. Sundgren. Lisen. 2016-07-01. Bonnier Fakta. 978-91-7424-636-0. sv.
  4. Web site: Rosehip soup (Nyponsoppa). Duxbury. John. www.swedishfood.com. 2020-01-15.
  5. Swedish Recipes: Old and New (1955) (Page 6)Web site: American Daughters of Sweden . 2011-01-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724224214/http://www.adofsweden.org/cookbook.html . 2011-07-24.
  6. Book: Stempel, John-Lewis. Foraging: The Essential Guide to Free Wild Food. 2012. Constable & Robinson. 9780716023210. 67.