Potato Soup (for Miss B)
Podcast Video [5:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (311) Bigger (640x480) [5:22m]: Download (160)This is a bit long because there are two recipes. But Miss B wanted the one for Potato Soup. And I felt compelled to tell you to use the potato peels to make some delicious, nutritious soup stock. And then there was one thing I wanted to show off… you’ll see.
Oh, and you should be amused. Jeffery and I have the same apron, and we both posted cooking episodes for NaVloPoMo Day 11.
Potato Soup
very slightly adapted from The Vegetarian Epicure by Anna Thomas
Ingredients
- 5 large russet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 3 – 4 leeks, finely chopped
- 4 cups water
- 1.5 cups milk or cream
- 2 Tbs dill weed
- 1 tsp salt
- fresh-ground pepper
- 2 – 3 Tbs sour cream
- butter
- garnish options: chopped chives, parsley, fresh dill, basil
Instructions
Simmer potatoes and leeks in salted water about 30 minutes, until they’re tender. Add milk (or cream) and dill. It will be salty enough, but add pepper to taste. Simmer 15 to 20 minutes until you reach your preferred consistency and the potatoes are falling apart a little.
Now stir in a few tablespoons of sour cream and a tablespoon or so of butter. Let that heat through, and serve. Garnish with chopped chives or whatever fresh herb seems yummiest to you.
Makes 4 – 6 servings (4 in my house).
Potato Peel Broth aka Garbage Soup
Ingredients
- peels from 5 – 7 large, healthy potatoes
- 1 large onion
- 2 carrots
- 1 small stalk of celery
- sprig of parsley (optional)
- clove of garlic (optional)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Quarter the onion. Cut the carrots and celery into large pieces. Put the potato peels and veggies in a big pot with 1.5 quarts of water. Add parsley and/or garlic cloves if you want them. You can add any other vegetable bits you want to pull nutrients from before they hit your compost heap. Squash, green bean ends, carrot tops, broccoli leaves, the tough outer skin from beets, anything.
Keep adding water as it evaporates so everything stays covered. Simmer this concoction over low heat for at least 1.5 hours, until everything is very soft. At that point, you can go one of two ways:
- For a clear broth, just drain off the liquid and correct the seasoning.
- If you want a thin puree-like consistency, remove the celery and garlic and put the rest through a sieve or food mill.
Your broth will be light brown in color, fragrant and delicious. It’s a great starter for almost any soup. Store it in the fridge until you’re ready to use it, but try to use it within 5 – 7 days.
Makes about 6 cups.
November 12th, 2007 at 3:29 am
That’s lunch sorted! This is turning into something of a feast with you and Miss B showing the way. It’s only 10:30 am here and I’m already hungry after watching that. But for sure all will be lost unless I can get one of those hats!
November 12th, 2007 at 6:33 am
New calling for you…
The “Cooking with Cheryl” show!
damn…that really looked like some good eats there.
You are so cute in that hat
November 12th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Videoblogging taking gastro turn
November 12th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Alright, I guess it’s a new meme. I need to think of a recipe.
November 12th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Oh — I just leave all the skins on my potatoes when making potato leek soup. Skins are yummy!
November 12th, 2007 at 11:06 am
@Jen I used to leave the skins on, but if I do my picky eater hubby won’t eat the soup. So now I just make them into broth, and he eats that.
@David actually I’m about to set up a cooking vlog – it won’t be a regular show, more like “Ryanne Refinishes” – do it when I can. But I want to use it to explore my grandma’s recipes and preserve them. Document them for family & friends. Every recipe card says who she got them from, and sometimes that name goes back 3 generations from her.
November 12th, 2007 at 11:14 am
LEEKS! me love leeks!! I’m so excited to make this tasty-looking (and really economical!) soup! And I LOVE the idea of Garbage broth. Usually I throw all those veggie scraps into my compost pile. “Compost broth” might be a more appealing name!
Having a batch of that broth in the freezer is a great winter idea. then soup is at hand ALL the time!
YES!!
New naVloPoMo cooking meme! In fact, make it a soup meme! I’ll make my not-yet-famous curry tomato peanut soup!
(my favorite part of this video, aside from the hat, is when you let out a Homer-style involuntary yummy-sound after suggesting adding sour cream!)
November 12th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
So THAT’s what garbage soup is! Quite useful to me, that was.
You have exquisite taste, by the way.
November 12th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Yummy! That soup and bread looks delicious! I’ll have to try that. Also enjoy your videos.
November 13th, 2007 at 11:00 am
potatoes are my crack
November 13th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Ha ha, Mary! Potatoes are my crack, too. Actually my mom and I refer to Crinkle Cut Kettle Salt & Fresh-Ground Pepper potato chips as crack. “Mom, I’m going to go buy some crack.”
“OK honey, bring some back for me!”