Old Fashioned Potato Soup Recipe 55 Food

OLD-FASHIONED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
• While the onions are cooking, place the diced potatoes, carrots, water and chicken soup base (or vegetable base; see Cook's Note) in another pot and bring to a boil. Cook until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Do not overcook. Season with ground black pepper to taste.
• Add the flour to the cooked onions to make a paste. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Gradually add the milk and stir well. Cook over low heat stirring constantly until warmed through. Add the potato and carrot mixture. Stir in the parsley and thyme and heat through. Serve hot.

OLD FASHIONED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot cook 1st four ingredients until potatoes are soft.
• Combine flour and butter and cook over medium-low heat until a smooth paste is formed (approx. 2 minutes) Thicken potato mixture with flour mixture.
• Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
• Simmer until creamy, at least 30 minutes.
• We enjoy a thicker soup so I double the flour and butter or add a 1/2 of the small cube of velveeta at the final step.

THE GOLDEN LAMB INN'S OLD-FASHIONED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in stockpot over medium high heat.
• Add leeks and onions; cook until translucent.
• Stir in flour until well mixed.
• Add broth or stock; bring to the boil, stirring constantly until slightly thickened.
• Add potatoes and reduce heat to a simmer; cook 20 to 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Add all remaining ingredients; cook until thoroughly heated.

POTATO SOUP WITH OLD-FASHIONED DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a 4-quart Dutch oven, gradually stir broth into white sauce mix until smooth.
• Stir in potato, onion, ham, evaporated milk, and pepper.
• Bring to boiling, decrease heat.
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally; taste and adjust seasoning.
• Dumplings-in a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
• In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg with a fork; stir in the milk and vegetable oil.
• Add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir with a fork until flour mixture is moistened.
• Using rounded teaspoonfuls, drop dumping dough onto hot soup.
• Return to boiling, decrease heat.
• Simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender and a toothpick inserted into a dumpling comes out clean.
• If desired, sprinkle with fresh snipped parsley.

OLD FASHIONED LOVAGE AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the chopped onion in olive oil until translucent; then add the cubed potatoes and mix together.
• Add the stock and milk, simmering until the potatoes are nearly tender.
• When potatoes are soft,add the lovage and liquidise the soup, adding further stock or milk if a thinner consistency is required.
• Check the seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Return to the saucepan and heat through gently - do NOT allow the soup to boil.
• Serve hot and garnish with the remaining lovage and crusty bread and butter or bread rolls.
• This travels very well in a thermos flask for a warming picnic soup.

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.