Leek & Potato Soup With Potato Skin Bread And Onion Whipped Butter

Mon, 3 April 2023

With Easter coming up and a time for feasting, many people will be cooking a three course lunch. This delicious soup also ensures that everything is used, from the potato skins into bread and onion peels into butter…. Enjoy

For the Soup:

Ingredients

50g Irish butter

450g Irish potatoes, peeled and diced (keep the skins). Add the potato skins to a pot with enough water to cover them, then gently boil until cooked, add to a blender and pulse until combined. Keep this for the bread…..

1 onion diced. (keep the skins)

3 gloves garlic chopped.

2 large leeks chopped (keep the tops for frying)

1 litre vegetable stock

180ml full-fat milk

Method

Melt 50g butter in a saucepan and heat until it foams, add the potatoes, onion, garlic and leeks and stir. Season well with salt and freshly ground pepper and place a lid on top. Cook over a gentle heat for 10 mins, or until the vegetables are soft but not coloured. Remove the lid and pour in the vegetable stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes until the vegetables are just cooked. Pour into a blender and purée smooth. Pour the soup back into the pot and add in the milk, then gently reheat.

The green tops of the leek, I slice and deep fry until crispy to garnish the top of the soup.

Bread:

Ingredients

250g plain flour

250g Wholemeal flour

100g Irish porridge oats

1 tsp bread soda

1 tsp salt

25g Irish butter (at room temperature)

500ml Potato water

Method

Preheat the oven to 180C and dust a baking sheet with flour. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, then rub in the butter. Pour in the potato water and mix gently with your hands, then bring the dough together on your work surface. Then shape into a round loaf and place on your baking sheet, with a sharp knife, score a cross on the top and bake for 30 minutes

Whipped Onion Butter

Ingredients

110g soft butter

2 tablespoons milk, or water

2 tsp Onion skin powder

Method:

Simply add all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and whisk until soft and creamy