Browned Butter Potato Soup
This soup won honorable mention in the Homemade Soups Contest in The 1993 Old Farmer’s Almanac. Congratulations to Marge Larson and Patty Johnson (mother and daughter) of Mora, Minnesota.
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Ingredients
5 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
9 to 10 cups water
4 cups diced potatoes
1 1/2 cups diced celery
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups chopped fresh parsley
salt and pepper to taste
drop noodles
Instructions
In a soup kettle, brown butter and flour until it turns a dark caramel color. Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, then simmer until potatoes are tender. Just before serving time, make and add the drop noodles.
Drop Noodles
Drop Noodles
Ingredients
3 eggs
3/4 to 1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Mix together with a spoon until mixture is thick but pourable. Pour by the spoonful into the boiling soup and cook until firm.
Yield:
Makes 10 to 12 servings.
Preparation Method
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Credit:
Marge Larson and Patty Johnson, Mora, Minnesota
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Good stuff!
Good stuff!