Bridal Shower Food : Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 1lb potatoes
- 1 onion
- 2 sticks of celery
- 1½ oz butter
- 1½ pints of water or stock
- ½ pint milk
- Salt and pepper
Procedure
Begin by peeling, washing and then dicing the potatoes and the
onion and washing and dicing the celery.
Next melt the butter in a large
pan and then add the potatoes, onions and celery. Stir so that the vegetables
are coated with the butter. Then simmer very gently for about ten minutes to allow
the vegetables to soak-up the butter, but not to brown, stir occasionally.
Now add the water and the milk and season with salt and pepper, stir and simmer gently
for approximately twenty-five minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Then
press the soup through a sieve or pure;e in a blender.
Now return the soup to the pan, gently reheat and serve.
Just before serving, if liked,
a little cream may be added.
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