German potato soup
Hearty potato soup with carrot, leek and marjoram, topped with sliced frankfurters.
40 min
Ingredients
Cooking for
Recipe serves 4
- Floury potatoes800 g
- Carrots2
- Leeks1
- Onions1
- Butter20 g
- Stock1 l
- Marjoram1 tsp
- Cream (optional)100 ml
- Frankfurters (optional)4
- Parsley (optional)1 handful
- Saltto taste
- Black pepper (optional)to taste
Method
- 1
Peel and dice the potatoes, carrots and onion, and slice the leek.
- 2
Soften the onion and leek in the butter for 3 minutes, then add the potatoes, carrots, stock and marjoram. Simmer for 20 minutes until the potatoes are soft.
- 3 min
- 20 min
- 3
Mash or blend about half of the soup so it turns thick but still chunky, stir in the cream and season with salt and black pepper.
- 4
Slice the frankfurters, heat them in the soup for 5 minutes until hot through, and serve sprinkled with parsley.
- 5 min