Sorrel
noun
A plant with green or reddish leaves often used to flavor salads or soups.
She added some sorrel to the soup for extra flavor.
Often appears as...
- fresh sorrel
- wild sorrel
adjective
A color that is a shade of light reddish-brown like a horse's coat.
He rode a sorrel horse in the race.
Often appears as...
- sorrel horse
- sorrel coat
noun
A plant with green or reddish leaves often used to flavor salads or soups.
She added some sorrel to the soup for extra flavor.
Often appears as...
- fresh sorrel
- wild sorrel
adjective
A color that is a shade of light reddish-brown like a horse's coat.
He rode a sorrel horse in the race.
Often appears as...
- sorrel horse
- sorrel coat
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Uses
Sorrel is used in cooking for its tangy, slightly sour taste.
Chop the fresh sorrel finely to dress the salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Soup Ingredient
Often found in recipes for soups to give a lemony flavor.
The sorrel soup had a delightful citrusy twist.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Red
While some sorrel leaves are reddish, they can also be green.
I mistook the green leaves for spinach, but they were actually sorrel.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Uses
Sorrel is used in cooking for its tangy, slightly sour taste.
Chop the fresh sorrel finely to dress the salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Soup Ingredient
Often found in recipes for soups to give a lemony flavor.
The sorrel soup had a delightful citrusy twist.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Red
While some sorrel leaves are reddish, they can also be green.
I mistook the green leaves for spinach, but they were actually sorrel.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Uses
Sorrel is used in cooking for its tangy, slightly sour taste.
Chop the fresh sorrel finely to dress the salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Soup Ingredient
Often found in recipes for soups to give a lemony flavor.
The sorrel soup had a delightful citrusy twist.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Red
While some sorrel leaves are reddish, they can also be green.
I mistook the green leaves for spinach, but they were actually sorrel.
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Video examples
Elevating simple...
smoked it again d hi it covered it in mushroom duxelle which is a paste made from mushrooms white wine garlic and onions wrapped it in beet greens and then in puff pastry and baked it like you would a Wellington I served it with creamed sorrel smoked and
Video examples
A flavorful field guide...
and eating wild food. So if anyone's ever convinced you to try dandelions or wood sorrel, congratulations, you're a forager too. When my mom told me that there was a bunch of free food
Video examples
Elevating simple...
smoked it again d hi it covered it in mushroom duxelle which is a paste made from mushrooms white wine garlic and onions wrapped it in beet greens and then in puff pastry and baked it like you would a Wellington I served it with creamed sorrel smoked and
Video examples
A flavorful field guide...
and eating wild food. So if anyone's ever convinced you to try dandelions or wood sorrel, congratulations, you're a forager too. When my mom told me that there was a bunch of free food
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
Example 1 of 2
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