Irish Potato Soup

Ingredients: 

• 2 Ib (900g) of potatoes
• 1 large onion
• 2 oz (60g) butter
• 2 pints (1.2L) vegetable stock
• 1/2 pint (300ml) milk
• 1 tbsp chives or parsley
• nutmeg, salt, pepper
• 1 tsp cornflour

Peel and cut potatoes in quarters. Peel and finely slice onions.
Melt butter in a saucepan. Add potatoes and onions, cover and simmer for 10 minutes without turning the vegetables brown.
Add stock, pinch of salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir. Cover and bring to the boil stirring continuously. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, until vegetables are soft, stir occasionally.
Remove from heat and put through a sieve, and return to the saucepan. Stir in the milk and cornflour and bring to the boil, stir continuously.
Remove from the heat, serve with a sprinkling of chives or parsley.

 

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