Traditional German Potato Soup
Traditional German Potato Soup can be a comforting addition to your meal plan. It's filling, and I have never met a person who didn't like it. Although it involves a bit of chopping, it takes only 20 minutes to cook, so you will have your dinner ready in no time.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 kg potatoes
- 500 g soup vegetables 3-4 carrots, 1/4 celery root, parsley root, leek
- 1 onion
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 200 g bacon cubes
- 1,5 l water or vegetable broth
- 100 ml cream
- salt
- nutmeg
Serving
- 4 parboiled sausages
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley or chives
Instructions
Prepare
- Wash and peel all vegetables apart from leek.
- Cut the vegetable into 2x2cm cubes (smaller than an inch).
- Cut the leek into thin slices.
Cook
- Preheat the oil in a large pot. Fry onion with bacon on medium heat until onion turns translucent. Add the rest of the vegetables and turn the heat to medium-high.
- Fry vegetables until they develop roasting aromas (this is when they start to brown).
- Add water or vegetable broth to the pot, cover it with a lid, and bring it to a boil. Turn the heat to medium-low and let the soup simmer for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, add the sausages and cook them in a soup for another 10 minutes. In a meanwhile wash and chop the herbs.
- Take out the sausages and cut them into slices.
- Season the soup with salt and nutmeg.
- Pour the soup into the soup plates and decorate it with few sausage slices and fresh herbs.
- Guten Appetit!