Potato and garlic buttermilk soup

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This creamy, hearty soup works well with a very small amount of ingredients and is excellent way to use up leftover potatoes

Potato and garlic buttermilk soup

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

10

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

20

MINUTES

CUISINE

COURSE

Starter

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the onion over a low heat, keeping a lid on. Sauté until it is completely transparent. Stir in the knob of butter until it is melted.

  2. Add the garlic and continue frying with the lid off until it has started to change colour. Add the potatoes and stir fry for about four minutes until they are softening at the edges.

  3. Add the buttermilk and allow to simmer over a low heat until the potatoes are soft. Blitz with a soup gun until it is smooth. Season to taste and serve with some chopped chives and chopped pumpkin seeds.

Ingredients

  • dash of rapeseed oil

  • 1 onion, finely chopped

  • knob of butter

  • 8 garlic cloves

  • 3 waxy potatoes, peeled and cubed

  • 250ml buttermilk

  • handful of chives, chopped

  • handful of pumpkin seeds, chopped

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the onion over a low heat, keeping a lid on. Sauté until it is completely transparent. Stir in the knob of butter until it is melted.

  2. Add the garlic and continue frying with the lid off until it has started to change colour. Add the potatoes and stir fry for about four minutes until they are softening at the edges.

  3. Add the buttermilk and allow to simmer over a low heat until the potatoes are soft. Blitz with a soup gun until it is smooth. Season to taste and serve with some chopped chives and chopped pumpkin seeds.

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