Potato Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 ounces butter
• 4 ounces chopped onions
• 14 ounces peeled diced potatoes
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 quart chicken stock or 1 quart vegetable stock
• 1 -2 tablespoon herbs, chopped (parsley, thyme, lemon balm and or or chives)

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over a medium-low heat. when it foams, add the onion and potato.
• 2 season well, stir, then cover with a lid made from baking parchment, putting the paper on top of the vegetables.
• 3 cover the pan, turn the heat low and sweat over a gentle heat for 10 minutes. meanwhile, bring the stock to the boil.
• 4 when the vegetables are soft but not coloured add the freshly chopped herbs and stock and continue to cook until the potatoes are soft enough to crush.
• 5 purée the soup in a blender. taste and adjust the seasoning. thin with more stock or milk if you like.
• 6 serve sprinkled with a few chopped herbs and some chive or thyme flowers in season, or garnish with potato chips.