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Potato soup
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- butter
- spring onions, trimmed and sliced
- 750g floury potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 ½ litres vegetable stock
- 100ml double cream
Method
- STEP 1
Melt a knob of butter in a large pan and add the spring onions (keeping a small handful of the green slices aside for garnishing).
- STEP 2
Cook gently until very soft, add the potatoes, season well, then add the stock and bring to a simmer.
- STEP 3
Cook until the potato is really soft then whizz everything with a stick blender until smooth, or tip into a food processor and blend until smooth.
- STEP 4
Add the cream and taste for seasoning. Serve in bowls topped with slices of green spring onion.