Best 4 Old Fashioned Lovage And Potato Soup Recipes

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.

POTATO AND LOVAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan begin by cooking your bacon slowly, until crisp. Remove bacon to a side dish and crumble it when cooled.
• In the bacon grease add your chopped onion and sauté till translucent. Now remove your onion to the bacon dish.
• Add your cubed potatoes to the remaining grease. Add the butter if the bacon grease is not sufficient. Sauté until the potato cubes are a little golden but not cooked all the way through.
• Now add your bacon, onions, bay leaves, chicken stock, and salt and pepper. Cook this until your potatoes are thoroughly cooked, about 15-20 minutes.
• Then add your chopped lovage and cook for 10 more minutes or until lovage is tender.
• Finally add your milk and bring back to temperature without boiling or the milk may curdle.
• For a creamier consistency take an immersion blender and partially blend the soup, leaving about 50% of the potatoes whole. Add lovage leaves or fresh parsley for garnish. Serve.

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.

MRS. P'S OLD-FASHIONED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine potatoes, onion, celery, 1 tablespoon salt, and thyme in a saucepan. Cover with chicken broth. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Add milk, butter, corn, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Cook and stir gently until butter is melted, about 30 seconds.
• Place flour, parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 dash pepper in a bowl. Crack egg into the bowl and combine with fingers or a fork to create very small dumplings or rivels. Add rivel mixture to the soup. Stir to combine.
• Reduce heat to low and stir occasionally, until rivels are cooked and soup is thickened, about 10 minutes more.