Potato Purée Soup, Meatless
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 1/2 carrot
- 1/2 leek
- 1/2 celery
- 1/2 parsley root
- 1/2 onion
- 8 English peppercorns
- 2 bay leaf
- 1 1/2 ложка (spoon) Finnish (unsalted) butter
- 1/2 French roll
- 2 funt potato
- 1/2 ложка (spoon) flour
- 1/2-1 stakan sour cream OR cream + yolks
Instructions
- Fry onion in butter, dust with flour, add to potato, cook soft, sieve.
- Season with yolks and cream (or sour cream / greens), salt, reheat to very hot.
- Serve with croutons (No. 216) or herring quenelles (No. 234).