Sorrel

Rumex acetosa, RumexAlso called Rumex acetosa and rumex

Sorrel is used as a vegetable, with its leaves and shoots used in cooking. Cooks deep-fry, preserve, or stew them, blend them into a paste, and pair them with fish.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Vegetables
Part used: Leaf, shoot
Family: Polygonaceae
Cooked most in: Europe
Top country: France
Dishes: 3 in the catalogue

Photo: Dinkum · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use sorrel

Typical ways to cook or use it

Deep fry
Paste blend
Preserve
Stew

Preparing it

For aveluk soup, rehydrate and rinse the dried leaves to reduce bitterness.

Cooking with it

When cooked with fish, sorrel's acidity can dissolve thin bones.

Goes well with

fish

Shopping

Choosing and storing sorrel

Choosing a good one

Choose young leaves; older leaves become tough.

Around the world

Where sorrel is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use sorrel. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Europe3

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list sorrel among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with sorrel

2 of the 3 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Sorrel soup
Eastern Europe
Saumon à l'oseille
France

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include sorrel.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: sorrel in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What sorrel is called

Names in 96 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Acedera común · Agrillo · Rumex intermedius var incanus · Rumex intermedius var. incanus
French
Oseille commune · Grande oseille · Oseille rouge · Rumex acetosa
Italian
Rumex acetosa · acetosa di pecora · erba brusca · erba soleggiata
Portuguese
azeda · azedões
German
Wiesen-Sauerampfer · Großer Sauer-Ampfer · Großer Sauerampfer · Gartensauerampfer
Dutch
veldzuring · Rumex acetosa · Zurkel
Greek
Λάπαθο · Λάπατο
Russian
щавель кислый · Rumex acetosa · щавель обыкновенный · щавель болотно-ключевой
Polish
Szczaw zwyczajny · Rumex acetosa
Arabic
حماض بستاني · حماض أسفاناخي · الحماض الصغير · رواند بري
Persian
سورل، لوئیزیانا
Hebrew
חומעה מצויה

Show all 96 languages

Afrikaans
Veldsuring
Albanian
Lëpjeta
Aragonese
Rumex acetosa
Asturian
Rumex acetosa · Agrieta
azb
عادی او‌لیک
Azerbaijani
Turş əvəlik
Bashkir
Ҡуҙғалаҡ
Basque
Mingarratz handi · Uztao handi · Rumex acetosa
Belarusian
шчаўе кіслае · шчаўе звычайнае · кісляніца · шчавей
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
шчаўе праўдзівае · Rumex Acetosa · шчавух праўдзівы
Brazilian Portuguese
Rumex acetosa
Bulgarian
киселец · Rumex acetosa
Cantonese
薞蕪
Catalan
agrella · Rumex acetosa
Cebuano
Rumex acetosa
Central Kurdish
ترشۆکە
Chinese
酸模 · 遏蓝菜 · 酸溜溜 · 毛脉酸模
Cornish
trenkan
Corsican
Rumex acetosa
Croatian
Obična kiselica
Czech
šťovík kyselý · kyseláč luční · Rumex acetosa · Acetosa pratensis
Danish
Almindelig Syre
Egyptian Arabic
حميض
Esperanto
Okzalo
Estonian
Hapu oblikas · Acetosa pratensis · Rumex acetosa · Hapuoblikas
Extremaduran
Rumex acetosa
Finnish
niittysuolaheinä · Rumex acetosa
Galician
Aceda · Herba acedeira
Georgian
მჟაუნა
Hindi
खट्टा पालक
Hungarian
mezei sóska · Rumex acetosa
Icelandic
Túnsúra · Rumex acetosa
Ido
Oxalo
Inari Sami
sälttisyeini · Rumex acetosa
Indonesian
Sijungkot bayam
Interlingua
Rumex acetosa
Interlingue
Rumex acetosa
Irish
samhadh · Samhadh bó
Japanese
スイバ · スカンボ · 蓚 · スカンポ
Kashubian
Kwasné zelé
Komi-Permyak
Тшӧтшкӧр · Тшöтшкöр · Rumex acetosa
Korean
수영
Kurdish
Tirşo · Kerika berxê · Tirsho · Sêxaşik
Kyrgyz
Кызыл аткулак
Latin
Rumex acetosa
Latvian
pļavas skābene · Rumex acetosa
Ligurian
Rumex acetosa
Literary Chinese
酸模
Lithuanian
Valgomoji rūgštynė
Luxembourgish
Sauerampel · Rumex acetosa · Saueramper
Macedonian
Киселец
Māori
horera
Marathi
चुका
Mirandese
azedones
Navajo
Chaatʼíní
Northern Frisian
Ruad jüd · Rumex acetosa
Northern Sami
juopmu · Rumex acetosa · sáltesuoidni · gieddejuopmu
Norwegian Bokmål
engsyre
Norwegian Nynorsk
Engsyre
Occitan
Rumex acetosa
Ossetic
Хуырхæг · Тауæг тъаффæ · Rumex acetosa · Тауæгтъаффæ
Piedmontese
Rumex acetosa
Romanian
Măcriș
Samogitian
Rūgštīnė
Saterland Frisian
Suurke
Scots
Rumex acetosa
Serbian
кисељак · Rumex acetosa · киселица
Serbian (Latin)
Kiseljak
Simplified Chinese
酸模
Simplified Chinese (China)
酸模
Skolt Sami
säʹlttsueiʹnn · Rumex acetosa
Slovak
Štiav lúčny
Slovenian
navadna kislica · Rumex acetosa
Swedish
Ängssyra · Smal ängssyra · Vanlig ängssyra · Lappsyra
Tajik
Туршак
Tamil
புளியாரைக் கீரை
Thai
ซอร์เรล
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
酸模
Ukrainian
шавель кислий · Rumex acetosa · щавель звичайний
Upper Sorbian
Kisały zdźer
Urdu
ہوبابل
Venetian
Spanavin · Rumex acetosa
Veps
Sol'hein
Vietnamese
Chút chít · Rumex acetosa
Volapük
Rumex acetosa
Waray
Rumex acetosa
Welsh
Suran y cŵn · dail surion bach
Wu Chinese
酸模
Zaza
Amênvaş

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q26297

Photos