Potato Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Peel and chop the potatoes.
Cook
Boil the potatoes in water until tender, about 30 minutes.
Mash the potatoes in the pot or blend until smooth.
Season with salt to taste and serve hot.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Potatoes
- Provide the starch and body that thicken the soup as they break down.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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