Old Fashioned Lovage And Potato Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 kg potato, scrubbed and cubed
• 1/2 liter good vegetable stock (adjust to give preferred consistency) or 1/2 liter chicken stock (adjust to give preferred consistency)
• 1/2 liter milk
• 5 tablespoons chopped lovage (retain small amount for garnish)
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, saute the chopped onion in olive oil until translucent; then add the cubed potatoes and mix together.
• 2 add the stock and milk, simmering until the potatoes are nearly tender.
• 3 when potatoes are soft,add the lovage and liquidise the soup, adding further stock or milk if a thinner consistency is required.
• 4 check the seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.
• 5 return to the saucepan and heat through gently - do not allow the soup to boil.
• 6 serve hot and garnish with the remaining lovage and crusty bread and butter or bread rolls.
• 7 this travels very well in a thermos flask for a warming picnic soup.