Swabian Potato Soup Schwäbische Kartoffelsuppe 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.

SWABIAN POTATO SOUP (SCHWäBISCHE KARTOFFELSUPPE)

Steps:

• Melt butter in a pot and add onion, parsley, potatoes and carrots. Let it cook for about 5 minute.
• Add flour and give it a stir while cooking it for a few more minutes.
• Now it is time to add the broth. Let it cook for another 20 minute.
• While still on the stove, puree the soup finely with an immersion blender.
• Add salt and pepper to your taste.
• Cut bread in small cubes and toast it in a frying pan in some butter (you can use salad croutons instead). Cut sausage in small pieces and add to soup. Garnish with some parsley.

SCHWABISCHER KARTOFFELSALAT (GERMAN POTATO SALAD - SWABIAN-STYLE)

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain; allow potatoes to cool slightly. Peel and slice potatoes. Mix potatoes and onions in a bowl; stir in mustard, salt, and black pepper.
• Bring vegetable stock to a boil in a small saucepan, pour over potato mixture and stir to combine. Stir in vinegar and let rest for 10 minutes. Stir in vegetable oil and season with salt and black pepper if desired.

KARTOFFELSUPPE (POTATO SOUP)

Steps:

• Peel and thinly slice potatoes, onion and celery.
• Saute for 3 to 5 minutes in hot vegetable oil.
• In a large pot, add all of the vegetables and cover with with just enough boiling water to cover.
• Place bay leaf and salt in pot and boil vegetables until tender.
• Drain vegetables and reserve liquid.
• Mash vegetables into vegetable stock; add butter.
• Thin soup with milk as desired; heat until warm. (DO NOT boil).
• Ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle with chopped parsley.