I made this soup today and it was fantastic! Stores well. The cut halves ended up brown and crusty, though, so I think it made the soup not too garlicky. (Who knew our pregnant DIL would eat half the potato salad singlehanded, and I should have made a double batch? I realize this is not a classic PL soup recipe, but it is now my go to recipe when leeks are plentiful and I want an easy delicious soup. I am two for two with your recipes :) Made the dill potato salad last weekend, which was also a big hit. I doubled the recipe, using 5.5 lbs of russet potatoes and 10 cups of chicken broth, and it just barely fit in my 7 qt Le Creuset. Thanks for sharing! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Win-win. use up those CSA onions and potatoes that have been hanging out in my pantry. This one is amazing. It had a great suggestion of garlic without overpowering the baked potato flavor.]. I just made this and my boyfriend said it was awesome… even better than his mom’s! It is important to keep plants well watered during the growing season to ensure enough water for potato development. Can use olive oil for butter and then it is dairy-free. 博多とんこつラーメン. the garlic and leeks are genius. First published January 19, 2011 on smittenkitchen.com |, Black Bean Soup with Toasted Cumin Seed Crema, Cranberry Syrup (on an Intensely Almond Cake), http://mamadrama-timestwo.blogspot.com/2011/01/potato-soup-and-icy-winter-day.html, http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=10000001654706&cookbook_id=5096008, Kelli @ http://stilllifewithcupcake.wordpress.com/, http://www.thespicehouse.com/spices-by-category/paprikas, http://www.closetcooking.com/2011/01/mushroom-and-leek-wild-rice-salad.html, 2 medium leeks, white and light green parts halved lengthwise, washed, and chopped small, 5 to 6 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth (I used 5 cups; add the extra cup after pureeing if you’d like a thinner soup), 2 1/2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes, A drizzle of melted (or melted and browned) butter. It gets so cold soup warms us up. I have a thing for soup. Heavy cream should be just fine instead of sour cream. Made this for dinner last night and it was a hit. The soup tasted awesome!!!! I guess I could give it a try myself, just wondering if anyone else has made ‘à soupe d’ail sans’ without a deleterious effect on the taste buds. The winner was “Hungarian Sweet Paprika” from The Spice House here in Chicago. There will be a few variations! this one was not a total win for me, although anything else i’ve ever made from your site has been perfection. This recipe looks so delicious. I made this about a mile nth ago, and am making it again today. Ditto with amanda on the Greek yogurt! My husband finally wanted some seconds fantastic! He then I blended the potato mixture and then stirred in greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Baked potatoes as a soup. My hubbo loved it. BUT, despite the fact that it looked like split pea, my almost 3 year-old exclaimed “YUMMY soup Mama!” I’ll definitely try again with either fewer leeks or your suggestion of a medium onion. 2 pounds of the baked potatoes were peeled and cubed after cooling, and added as directed in the recipe. The thought of having this soup tonight is warming me up already. I think the yogurt gave it just a hint of tang, which was great. Left the peels on my potatoes because I’m lazy, and added about half of the cooked garlic cloves back in. Thanks so much! Add the larger part of the garlic head (whole, not chopped), broth, bay leaves and 3/4 teaspoon salt. Unfortunately, I’ll have to wait awhile to make it though because I’m in shorts and sunglasses today (not that I’m complaining). Your email address will not be published. delicious! I searched your site for a recipe…but there wasn’t one so I adapted my own. My 10-year-old daughter LOVES this soup. This soup looks great! Anytime you want to make something yummy that’s also low in fat, I will worship you even more! I just made this for the first time with what I had on hand. Thrilled to have it stashed away in mason jars for the rest of the week’s lunches. The amount of sunlight this product needs daily in order to perform well in the garden. Thank you! Thick and creamy and the perfect winter soup. Used this recipe to satisfy my poorly husband’s soup request- such impressive results! Delicious! I just can’t decide. start. I made this today for a late lunch (and dinner for SO and lunch for throughout the rest of the week at work) with kind of “meh” expectations. Am I child that I read it as “melting butts” and laughed? Also, she’s a diplomat who spent four years in Budapest, and found out there that the Hungarians import the majority of their paprika from – you’ll never guess- South Africa. Literally THE best potato soup I’ve ever had. I can’t even express how much I love this soup. I made a variation of this today (I added cauliflower along with the potatoes and dropped in steamed broccoli at very the end). I ended up adding a full cup of sour cream for a little extra creaminess and topped it with scallions and cheddar cheese. It was delicious and not super-garlicky as I had feared. omg Deb!! This recipe will be in my winter soup rotation from now on. The Vita-mix pureed it much too smooth (no chunks) and the result was not as satisfying to the palate. This was delicious!! I was just thinking yesterday that a green-chile potato soup would be just the thing, and this looks like a perfect base. It’s freezing in MA, and its supposed to snow tonight. This recipe sounds so fantastic – but only 5-6 cups of broth? We were fighting over who got the leftovers for lunch today (also delicious). ps – my friend who grew up in hawaii (I know, right?) More coming tomorrow. This site uses cookies to enable shopping cart usage, provide you with relevant product and promotions, and measure performance. Potato soup is one of my favorites. Hi there. I may mix them in. It took a good 10 minutes off the cook time. I am cooking this soup on my stove right now, and my mouth is watering. I decided to just toss the head without mashing it up and the flavor was PERFECT. I will for sure be making this again. Oh, and thanks for the kid friendly ideas from the Parenting mag newsletter. I like this healthy twist to a loaded baked potato. Otherwise I think I did everything as directed! Cream cheese really is the key ingredient, though I’m sure that takes any healthy aspect right out the window. Additionally, he can’t have dairy-so we substituted soy sour cream. Some potato varieties will grow small, highly-toxic green fruits above the ground that each contain up to 300 "true" potato seeds. Well, yes, please! It’s very little, only adds a slight creaminess so therefore would be missed less. Would leaving this out render this soup useless? I have tried many recipes from your blog and always appreciate how each turns out almost exactly as you describe. (and by cold I mean we actually had FROST a couple of nights — but I have lived where it snows, so please don’t kill me!) oh wow, this seems like the perfect way to kick off fall! This “wintery mix” is getting a little old here in the Northeast. I too was in a soup rut, and Dorie (via a tradional Parisian treat) pulled me out! If you divide that by 8 servings, only about 200 calories a bowl! It was delicious! I’ll cook this for her one day. Thanks!! Why is this soup called “Baked Potato Soup”?. She hadn’t thinned them so they weren’t as large as usual and I came home with a huge bag-full. Beware if you use yukon gold potatoes. Delicious! I have NEVER in my life tasted something this amazing. I see that #12 Eric said there’s a canned Potato Soup. While I see the contribution the sour cream makes, I can’t eat that much dairy. Great recipe! I just gained 5 pounds looking at this gorgeous post. Living in one of those wonderfully warm places, I wish that’s what wintry mix meant. Any advice on how to slice so that the thing stays together? love this recipe – but quick question… is this something that can be made in large batches and frozen?? Thank you so much for coming up with this! May the cooking force be with you! I did sauté the leeks and garlic on the stove and then transferred to the slow cooker – I’d recommend this step even if you do use a slow cooker as I find that onions and that sort of thing can get soggy otherwise. I love you, Deb. I tried my version a few weeks ago w/ baked then mashed potatoes…I didn’t really like the resulting texture that way…so I will give this version a go. High-yielding, nutrition-rich potato loaded with antioxidants. So potato-y. I’m at work with 2 sweaters on and a cup of tea and I’m still cold. GENIUS. My husband and I made this last night and I can honestly say it was the best potato soup I’ve ever eaten. I can’t wait to try this recipe, optional toppings being completely mandatory! On a side note, a facebook friend of mine recently suggested that “wintry mix” sounds like a type of salad. I had this in Mexico and it took me about 2 years to come across a recipe that tasted similar. So insanely good. This refers to whether the seed should be sown early indoors and the seedlings transplanted outside later, or if the seed should be sown directly in the garden at the recommended planting time. Do you have any ideas on what to do with the left over potato skins? I threw in 1 piece of uncooked Bacon when adding broth and potatoes. It took me a few reads to figure out what a “wintry mix” was and I lived in NY for all of 6 months (including winter! This soup looks great for the current cold weather though! Your detailed notes make anything seem possible, so I’ve been tackling things I never would have otherwise. what can i say. Dawn — Thanks for the reminder. What a perfect way to warm up and fill up in the freezing cold winter! Hi Deb – the new IP directions have an “r” missing off of “butter”. Their loss. They seem to use a bechamel base (with two sticks of butter to 8 cups of milk) instead of broth, a ton of cheese, a pint of sour cream and two cups of bacon. Sounds deeelish — wondering what you think about making this in a crockpot? we are sorry for the inconvenience. Although I did consider baking the potatoes first to keep with the theme, I decided it would be an absurd amount of work (an hour to bake potatoes) as you’d then still have to cook them into a soup (at least 30 minutes) and they wouldn’t have absorbed as well all of the flavors in the soup. Not quite pea tendrils, but it’ll do. I simmered the broth and garlic with the lid partially on (so not just while cooking the potatoes), and I was sure to cut my potatoes small so they would cook quickly. I love everything Deb does and I just stopped by to add one tip I think to be helpful. Thank you so much for sharing. I absolutely love it. This has become a winter tradition in our household… such a delicious recipe. A baked potato you can eat with a spoon? Sigh. RealMommyChron — I had the same whimper over Fresh Direct (although I have to give them kudos about treating their drivers so well) when it’s in the winter that I actually need them. More changes I made to the original recipe: I used less garlic (and found a way for you to use the whole head, not 2/3 of it and a few extra cloves), more leeks, less broth, sour cream instead of heavy cream, all Russets instead of half Red Bliss potatoes and all sorts of toppings I doubt CI would approve of. We’re on day two of something called a “wintry mix” which I suspect if I lived in one of those places where one was forced to wear shorts and sunglasses in January, eating food plucked recently from the ground (pea tendrils, anyone?) I tried this recipe in the slow cooker today and it definitely didn’t work as well as on the stovetop, I felt. It resembled more of mashed potato soup, but I’m obsessed! KUALA LUMPUR: Daily necessities at RM0.10 (US$0.03), a taxi ride at RM0.10 and a transit hostel that costs RM1 a day. Your chocolate souffle cupcakes were raved over this afternoon. or more? Bacon would be good too…. Hmmm. If the latter, what kind do you use? And what a bonus that the base soup is actually healthy! Would you think the end result would turn out to be the same? I would like a big huge bowl of this for dinner, please!! In my memory it was pretty good. I made one a few weeks ago from the Nordstrom cookbook. One of my favorite soups for the winter time. I’m marking it down as healthy (despite the bacon & cheese I topped it with). You might want less garlic if you don’t roast it as roasting takes a lot of the bite out. Absolutely delish. And thanks so much for being such an inspiration in the kitchen :-). I made this tonight and it’s yummy – I DO wish I’d read a few more comments to see where you mentioned the leeks would total about 2 cups…I’m sure I had almost twice that, and so it was rather green and pretty onion-y. When its done, I would push out the creamy garlic from the skin, and saute it on a little butter with the leeks and the potato, to give them a little deeper flavor. Do you have any suggestions for another way to bring in the sour taste? Let’s just say the soup won’t win any beauty contests, but no big deal and the garnishes prettied it up a bit. Speaking of wisdom teeth, mine apparently have to go. . It turns out I had been cutting the wrong third off. Adjust seasonings, adding more salt and pepper to taste. Will make again. My husband and I as well as our 1 and 3 year old gobbled it up. LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this. panera bread has an awesome baked potato soup that is utterly sinful and delicious. or if I would be better served to just keep it to myself and eat it right after I make it. It had more body and flavor than the half and half I would normally use. It’s going on the menu right now for next week! I consider it an heirloom recipe (along with gulyas, porkolt, chicken paprikash and dobos torte).Maybe Alex would too? I kept eyeballing the recipe over the last few weeks, consdering it and then mumbling about how I don’t really like potato soup and blah blah blah. Sweet potato gnocchi, coupled with creamy truffled ricotta, white wine mushrooms, crisp fried sage, and bright pomegranate seeds, makes for a sweet-savory surprise. We’re having our summer we didn’t have last year in January! It’s 65 degrees. I’d still have this soup. :-). Just added the recipe to my growing recipe folder. I wasnt sure how flavourful a potato soup would be, but even the soup alone (without toppings) had plenty of flavour. That roasted garlic is GORGEOUS!!!! When my youngest son was first born we spent his first winter in and out of hospitals. My fiance had his wisdom teeth out last week and he raved about the potato leek soup I made. Deb, this soup is a January revelation! Keep warm and cosy, Michelle in the NZ summer. i love the idea of making it at home so i know exactly what i’m putting in it – thanks for this recipe! And perfect for the chilly New England weather we’ve been experiencing over here. I think I have a new favourite winter comfort food! French onion has been on the menu lately too, quite the soup run we’ve been having! To your health. I blended with an immersion blender and was sure to keep some chunks. why is this called “baked” potato soup, when the potatoes appear to be boiled? Potato hills can be bordered with rows of other cool-season vegetables such as cabbage transplants, direct-sown lettuce, celery, salad greens and root crops, onions, overwintered herbs, nasturtiums, and strawberry plants. I think this soup may be able to unfreeze the cockles of my heart that have been thawing since then. Instead of using butter, I start by cooking 4 strips of bacon in the dutch oven. Of course, I’m definitely not disappointed! Thanks for the tip!! a couple of times a week and my 10 year old son exclaimed, I love that there is no heavy cream. My boyfriend said they were a great alternative to bacon (I’m a vegetarian, he is not.) But, she makes hers with loads of butter and sour cream and we are really, really trying to get through January with a little weight loss (or more!). You’ve covered all my favorite foods in the last two months without me even having to ask. But it makes it sooo creamy, and delicious! All you could hear during dinner was “mmmm…” Thanks for rockin’ our Sunday night, Deb. Valerie — I’d say two cups of chopped leeks. Yes, that is a minus sign. Didn’t have any issues with the garlic falling apart, everything came together wonderfully. Harvest “new potatoes” as soon as plants begin to flower, about 10 weeks after planting. Baked potatoes, left out garlic, added a little bacon grease, fantastic!!! I made this this weekend during the blizzard. I made this tonight and it was delish. It was perfect for our weather recently….woke up to -26 degree weather. Hilling suppresses weeds and keeps roots deep in the soil where more moisture is available. You reminded me of my mum in two ways, Deb. Required fields are marked *. Obviously this tiny detail hardly affects your delicious soup, but if you can enlighten me I would greatly appreciate it! If you’ve ever wanted to know just what raised bed gardening is then this is the place to
I love love love this blog. thanks for the recipe! I did, of course, initially consider starting with baked potatoes but rejected this approach because of time constraints (an extra hour for potato-baking, 15 minutes for cooling before you could touch them), textural concerns (I wanted some chunks to remain, and knew that a baked potato dropped in a soup would fall apart) and flavor worries (that a potato cooked outside the broth wouldn’t pick up as much garlicky/leek fragrance). Yummmm. I have got to try this recipe! perhaps roast the garlic while the potatoes are baking and squeeze in? Thank you! Could you share your thoughts on an approximate measurement for the amount of “2 leeks”? http://www.thespicehouse.com/spices-by-category/paprikas, Living as I do in a place where you do have to where shorts and sunglasses in the middle of January, eating things just plucked from the ground (tomatoes, still warm from the sun) that first wintry mix sounded awesome. So much flavor! ;) I love how thick yours looks. It tasted good, but my family was bewildered when I presented them a bowl of mashed potatoes as their supper. longer – I think I cut my potatoes too thick so they were still a little crunchy! And, this recipe sounds amazing – I can’t wait to try it out. Amazing – I picked up some leeks yesterday with the plan to hunt down the perfect potato leek soup. Ah yes: soup. :) Alas, I may have to try a celery root version instead … and pray to the soup gods. Would you need to cook the leeks and garlic before adding it to the slow cooker? Option 1: Our Organic Cannabis Soil Recipe. Take only a few of these immature potatoes from each plant. Plants emerge in 4-6 weeks. It’s amazing! Thank you for sharing this, as it brings so much joy to our home! But Deb–I have a whole pile of dark green leeks on my counter! We eat here in the winter. advice is appreciated!! Leeks are so pretty after they’ve been chopped and also add a lighter flavor and better texture for soups. Absolutely delicious. Deb, I made this tonight for the second time. Well, you won’t have the roasted garlic flavor but it doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy it. Use a rain gauge to check to see if you need to add water. Thanks! I’ll be right over.). It was delicious and just what I was craving. A baked potato flavour, in soup for? I made this tonight! yep, i made it today as well and it was terrific. Make sure you did not grow tomatoes, peppers, eggplant or potatoes in the bed the previous year to avoid disease problems. Your email address will not be published. BTW, the potato soup was delicious. Maybe it will make me feel better about those 9 inches of snow on my porch. AND it was a snowy January day in Montana, which only served to enhance the fact that this is simply the perfect soup. The hills keep the plants cool and prevent the potatoes from forming near the surface where light will cause the tubers to turn green and become poisonous. But since this is Smitten Kitchen I will have a go. I’ve taken to just using the greens of scallions (which I almost always have around) rather than chives (which I never have around, or if I do, are rotted within a day) as garnish but in this rare case, I bought chives anyway. Made this for dinner and it was a huge hit. I made no less than 18lb. It is a keeper. Hopefully this puts the semantic concerns to rest. Extra-moist flesh makes this the go-to potato for salads, slicing and chipping. BTW, I second the recommendation of The Cuisine of Hungary, a definitive Hungarian cookbook. Thanks for the timely recipe – it’s like you were reading my mind:). Do you think you could put most of the ingredients in a slow cooker, cook it on low for 8 hours, and then add the sour cream / puree it? 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