Mrs Murphy’s Soup

Name: Mrs Murphy’s Soup
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 pints (1.1 litres) good stock; 3–4 oz (75–110 g) oatmeal; Large handful of spinach, washed and finely chopped; 12 oz (350 g) potatoes, peeled and cut into small dice; 6 oz (175 g) mushrooms, sliced; 2 medium onions, chopped; Cream; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; 4 tablespoons butter; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

The eponymous Mrs Murphy is an American of Irish extraction who has a seemingly endless supply of recipes including ‘taties’ or ‘spuds’ with which to feed her enormous (and growing) family in her adopted Virginia. This soup is both nourishing and delicious.

Ingredients

12 oz (350 g) potatoes, peeled and cut into small dice
4 tablespoons butter

Americas
United States
October
Soup
Autumn
Vegetarian
Wedding/Marriage

Method

Melt the butter, add the potatoes, onions and mushrooms and cook gently until softened. Add the spinach and cook for a few moments.

Put in the oatmeal, stir around, then cover with the stock, seasoning and cloves, and cook for about 20 minutes. Serve with a spoonful of cream.