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Hearty Farmhouse Vegetable Soup | DonalSkehan.com
  • traditional-irish

Hearty Farmhouse Vegetable Soup

December 18

A veg packed soup perfect for any time of the year. If you prefer the soup completely smooth, just leave all the veggies in and blend everything together.

  • serves Serves 4
  • time 30mins

Method

  1. 1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium high heat. Add the onion, leek and potato. Sauté for 5-6 minutes until they’ve a little colour.
  2. 2. Add the stock, carrots, parsnip and celery. Lower the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the vegetables are tender when you insert a fork.
  3. 3. Set aside a ladle of vegetables for adding back in later. Blitz the cream into the soup until smooth.
  4. 4. Return the vegetables to the soup along with the peas. Heat through and season to taste. Serve alongside soda bread.

Ingredients

1 oz butter

1 onion, peeled and diced

1 leek, sliced

3 potatoes, peeled and diced (450g)

52 oz of vegetable stock

2 carrots, diced 

1 parsnip, diced

4 sticks celery, sliced 

3.5 oz cream, optional 

1 1/3 cup or 7 oz frozen Peas 

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

25g butter

1 onion, peeled and diced

1 leek, sliced

3 potatoes, peeled and diced (450g)

1.5litres of vegetable stock

2 carrots, diced 

1 parsnip, diced

4 sticks celery, sliced 

100ml cream, optional 

200g frozen Peas 

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

You'll Need

Large saucepan