I LOVE SOUP!
Ever since Craig and I returned from Prague, I've been craving potato soup. As a kid, I used to eat my Bubba's potato soup by the bucket loads (seriously). When I moved to Israel, I called her as winter started and begged for her recipe. Apparently, my grandmother's recipe is insanely easy.
Bubba's Potato Soup
3-5 potatoes (doesn't matter what kind) - cubed
2 onions (vidalia or white - NOT purple) - diced
1 tbsp. olive oil (you can use canola oil/butter/1/4 cup of vegetable broth)
Large pinch of salt and pepper
1 cup of water for every potato you use
In a large pot, warm up the oil and sautee the onions.
Once the onions are nice and brown, add the potatoes and coat them with the oil. Sprinkle the salt and pepper into the mixture. When the potatoes start to cook a bit - add the water. Cook until the potatoes are tender.
DO NOT FREEZE. I did this once and it was a horrible idea. Horrible.
I told you it was easy.
I noticed when we were in Prague that the soup tasted a little differently from my grandmother's soup - apparently their soup has cheese and cream. Then I called my Gram and asked her for her potato soup recipe. She told me that Hungarian and Czech soups are very similar. So, what did I add to my Bubba's soup? Carrots, cooking cream, and sharp cheddar cheese. What did I forget to add? flour.
Take the recipe above, add 3 carrots - cubed. Add the carrots to the onions and sautee together. Once you've added the water to the mixture, let it cook.
When the potatoes are just about done, take out a separate pot and add a half-cup of cream. Do not let the cream burn - boil it on a low fire/heat. When the cream is starting to boil, add one cup of sharp cheddar. It can be cubed or shredded. Let the cheddar melt.
Go back to your potato pot and add 1/8 of a cup of flour to the mixture. Then gently fold in the creamed mixture.
Take off the heat and eat!
Betayavon!
2 comments:
ooooo...that sounds super yummy. I would never have known about flour!
I forgot about the flour last week... which should teach me NOT to cook at 9pm when I'm exhausted!
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