Potato and Sausage Soup

Name: Potato and Sausage Soup
Ingredients: ½ small head cabbage, thinly sliced; Bouquet garni; 3 stalks celery, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons wine vinegar; 8 oz (225 g) smoked sausage; 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed; 1 pint (570 ml) beef stock; 1 oz (25 g) butter; 1 pint (570 ml) water; 2 carrots, thinly sliced; 1 medium onion, chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

For this sustaining soup, you can use whatever smoked sausage most appeals to you. Frankfurters are a good addition.

Ingredients

4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 oz (25 g) butter

Wedding/Marriage
March
Soup

Method

Melt the butter in a large pan. Add the onion, carrot and celery and sauté until transparent. Add the bouquet garni, vinegar, stock and water. Bring to the boil, add the cubed potatoes and cook slowly until the vegetables are soft. After 15 minutes cooking time, put in the cabbage.

Before you serve, add the smoked sausage, cut in small pieces.