Potato Soup.
This was my mother's favorite comfort food when I was a child.
Her favorite, not mine.
I preferred mac and cheese or fish sticks (or both).
But, her's didn't look like this.
She made potato soup with onions, celery, potatoes, milk and cream. She liked lots of broth.
I added 2 kinds of ham, carrots, herbs.... And made it very chunky.
She probably wouldn't like it.
Like most comfort foods, Potato Soup has as many variations as their are cooks: some like it puréed, some thicken it with flour, some like it thick, some thin, some use carrots, some wouldn't think of it.
This is mine.... at least, today's version. This serves 4.
4 medium potatoes 600gr, 21oz
4 medium carrots 360gr, 12.7oz
3 ribs celery 150gr, 5.3oz
1 1/2 onion 220gr, 7.8oz
1 tbs butter 14.2gr, 5oz
6oz regular, baked ham 175gr, 6.2oz
2oz dry-cured ham, such as Prosciutto 60gr, 2oz
2 bay leaves
1 tsp Herbes de Provence
4 cups water
2 cups milk, cream, or a combination 480gr, 17oz milk
Roughly chop onion. Peel carrots. Slice by cutting in half the long way (in 2 or mores sections) then into half circles. Peel and slice potatoes to a similar size. Slice celery, cutting the wide end in half lengthwise. Cut ham into small pieces.
Melt butter in small soup pot or large saucepan. Add onion and sauté until it starts to get tender, about 5 minutes. Add celery and sauté 5 minutes longer. Add ham and sauté briefly. Add carrots, potatoes, herbs and water. Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, 30 - 40 minutes.
To finish: remove bay leaves. Add milk and heat through. Serve.
Note: You could substitute cream for some or all of the milk for a richer soup.
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Entire Recipe / per serving
Calories: 1489 / 372
Total Carbohydrates: 183 / 46
Dietary Fiber: 32 / 8
Total Fat: 47 / 12
Saturated Fat: 20 / 5
Cholesterol: 209 / 52
Protein: 82 / 20.5
Calcium: 909 / 227
Sodium: 4232 / 1058
Glycemic Index: low
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.For more recipes check out my internet cook book: Easy Gourmet Dinners
