Best German Potato Soup Food

GERMAN POTATO SOUP (KARTOFFELSUPPE)

Steps:

• Heat up olive oil on a medium-sized pot.
• Once olive oil is ready, add garlic and onion.
• Cook until garlic becomes fragrant and onion becomes softer.
• Add carrot and celery. Mix and cook for a few minutes.
• Add potatoes, stock and bay leaf.
• Cover with a lid and bring to a boil.
• Keep simmering until the vegetables are slightly cooked (i.e. softened).
• Remove the bay leaf. Scoop about 1/3 of the vegetables and set aside.
• Add double cream and butter. Mix until butter has completely dissolve.
• Blitz the soup by using a stick blender. (Alternatively, you can use a stand blender, but you have to make sure the soup has cooled down a bit.)
• Season with salt and pepper. Add lemon zest. (Although cumin and nutmeg are optional, you should add them now if you intend to use them.)
• Mix to combine everything.
• Add spring onions. Mix, taste and adjust the seasoning, if desired.
• Add back the 1/3 of the vegetables that was set aside earlier. Cover and simmer for about 3 minutes.
• Serve. Garnish with more spring onions, if desired.

GERMAN POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the first six ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until vegetables are tender. , With a potato masher, puree most of the vegetables. For dumplings, combine the egg, water, salt and flour until smooth and stiff. Drop by teaspoonfuls into the boiling soup. Cover and simmer until the dumplings are cooked through, about 10 minutes. Garnish each serving with a butter and parsley.

GERMAN POTATO BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a stockpot over medium heat; add onions, bacon, and bay leaf. Cook and stir the onion mixture until the onions are nearly clear, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth into the pot; add potatoes, flour, marjoram, caraway seed, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Stir sour cream into the soup; cook another 1 to 2 minutes.