Green sauce with nettle & spruce sprout
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Servings
4-6
Inspired by the traditional German “Grüne Soße” — with a Finnish forest fl avor twist.
A fresh and creamy herb sauce inspired by traditional European cuisine and enriched with Nordic nature. This vibrant green sauce combines different herbs with the delicate flavors of nettle and spruce sprout powder — perfect with new potatoes, fresh bread, fish or as a seasonal spring and summer dish.
Recipe: @cookingpeter52
Photo: Natural Nordic
Ingredients
Base
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1–1.5 kg new potatoes, boiled
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200 g sour cream
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200 g crème fraîche
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200 g natural yogurt
Fresh herbs
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1 bunch parsley
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1 bunch chives
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Borage
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Chervil
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Cress
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Salad burnet
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Sorrel
Seasoning
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2 tsp Natural Nordic nettle powder
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1 tsp Natural Nordic spruce sprout powder
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Salt, to taste
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Black pepper, to taste
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2 tbsp white wine vinegar
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1 tsp mustard
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A pinch of sugar
Additional
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6 eggs, hard-boiled
Directions
In a large bowl, combine sour cream, crème fraîche, and yogurt. Mix until smooth and creamy.
Finely chop the fresh herbs and add them to the cream mixture. Stir in the nettle powder and spruce sprout powder. (Use a generous handful of fresh herbs — the exact mix can be adapted according to availability and season.)
Season with salt, pepper, white wine vinegar, mustard, and a small pinch of sugar. Mix well and adjust the flavors to your taste.
Boil the eggs for about 8 minutes until hard-boiled. Cool under cold running water, peel, and chop into small pieces.
Gently fold the chopped eggs into the herb sauce.
Let the sauce rest in the refrigerator for at least 3–4 hours, preferably longer. This allows the herbs and Nordic forest flavors to develop beautifully.
Before serving, taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.
Serve with warm boiled new potatoes, fresh bread, or as a refreshing green side dish.
Recipe Note
Natural Nordic note 🌿
The beauty of this recipe is that it follows nature’s rhythm — using fresh seasonal herbs and Nordic plant powders to bring the flavors of forest and garden together. The amounts of herbs and powders can easily be adjusted depending on how bold you want the flavor to be.