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Kiddley Broth

Kiddley Broth is a traditional English recipe (from Cornwall) for a classic thick soup made from a bread and water base flavoured with onion greens and flavoured and coloured with marigold petals. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic English version of: Kiddley Broth.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

130 minutes

Total Time:

150 minutes

Serves:

2

Rating:

Tags : Bread RecipesVegetable RecipesBritish RecipesEnglish RecipesCornish Recipes

There are many versions of this dish, the most basic being bread served in onion stock (made by boiling onions in water). This is a slightly 'fancier' version.

This is a classic, but unusual Cornish dish make from a base of Breads flavoured with marigold petals and scifers (these are the green tops of baby onions, much stronger in flavour than spring onions).

The word 'kiddley' refers to room in someone's house where people could come in for a drink. A public room rather than a public house.

Ingredients:

200g stale Breads, cubed
6 tbsp marigold petals
6 tbsp scifers (onion tops, or substitute spring onion greens), finely shredded
2 large white onions, coarsely chopped
kale or Savoy cabbage, shredded
50g butter
1l vegetable stock
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste

Method:

Melt the butter in a frying pan. Add the onions and fry for about 8 minutes, until soft. Add the scifers and cook for 4 minutes more.

Turn into a large pot, and pour over the vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce to a low simmer then cook gently for at least 2 hours (longer is better).

Pass the mixture through a fine-meshed sieve, pressing down with the back of a spoon to extract as much of the oniony liquid as possible. Turn into a clean pan, add the kale or Savoy cabbage, adjust the seasonings to taste then return to a simmer and cook for 6-8 minutes.

Take off the heat, add the bread then cover with foil and set aside for 5 minutes so that the Breads softens and all the flavours have a chance to meld.

Spoon into bowls, garnish with the marigold flowers and serve.