German Potato Soup With A Twist 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:

• Fry the bacon then add the onion and cook until golden, 6-8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute. Add all remaining ingredients except for the parsley. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 30-40 minutes.
• Add the parsley and simmer for another minute. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Note: This is a great make-ahead soup as the flavor is even better the next day!

GERMAN STYLE POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Mix all in crock pot.
• Cook on low 8-9 hours or high 4-4 1/2.
• Serve with a salad and a good rye or pumpernickel bread.
• Yum!

OLD GERMAN POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and rinse the pototoes, celeriac and carrots. Chop into small dice. Peel the onion and stud it with the bay leaf and clove.
• Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven or soup pot. Add the diced celeriac and carrots and brown lightly while stirring. Add the diced potatoes, studded onion and the vegetable stock. Cover and bring to a boil and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, remove the outer leaves of the leeks and cut off the root ends and dark green leaves. Cut in half, wash thoroughly, drain and slice. Add the sliced leeks to the soup, cover and cook for about another 10 minutes.
• Remove the onion with bay leaf and clove. Remove about 1/3 of the potato and vegetable mixture from the soup. Place it into a blender and puree and add back to the pot (or use a stick blender to partially puree the vegetables in the pot). Add the seasonings.
• For the garnish: Clean the mushrooms, and chop into bite sized pieces if they are large. Peel the onion and dice finely. Melt the butter in a saute pan and add the diced onion. Saute, stirring constantly about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute another 5 minutes.
• Just before serving top the soup with the mushroom and onion mixture and sprinkle with the herbs.
• Note: to save time, make the garnish after adding the leek to the soup pot to save time.

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 SOUP

Steps:

• Peel, wash and cube potatoes.
• Add chopped onions and savoury.
• Add just enough water to almost cover the potatoes.
• Salt to taste.
• Boil until potatoes are tender.
• Remove from heat.
• Let cool a few minutes.
• Add cream and buttermilk.
• Return to medium low heat.
• Slightly thicken soup with flour and water mixture.

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.

GERMAN POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until crispy. Use a slotted spoon to transfer bacon to a paper towel lined plate.
• Cook onions in bacon fat until golde, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook about 30 seconds more. Stir in flour and cook until it begins to brown, about 1 minutes. Stir in broth, water, and potatoes. Simmer until potatoes break down and soup has thickened, about 45 minutes.
• Beat egg yolks and sour cream together. Whisk 1 c of hot soup into egg mixture, then stir egg mixture back into soup pot. Add herbs and stir constantly over medium low heat until thick and creamy, about 5 minutes. Do not allow soup to come back to a simmer, or eggs and the sour cream will curdle. Stir in bacon and serve.

GERMAN POTATO SOUP WITH A TWIST

Steps:

• Lightly brown bacon.
• Discard any fat.
• Add onion and cook until translucent.
• Add celery, carrots, potatoes,bay leaves,and chicken broth.
• Season to taste.
• Bring to boil and lower heat to simmer slowly.
• Do not cook too hard or potatoes will fall apart.
• While potatoes are coming to a boil mix dumplings: Mix egg substitute and water.
• Add flour and mix until all flour moist.
• This will be in pieces any where from pea-size to quarter size.
• Crumble dumpling pieces on top of soup.
• Cover and simmer for approx.
• 15 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
• Add fat-free Half& Half.
• Add fat-free milk to desired soup consistency.
• Heat slowly until hot but do not boil.
• Top with fresh chopped green onions to serve.