Turkish people are so creative that they use the names of some vegetables to make someone angry. Potato is one of them. If the person we want to make angry is fat and short, we call him “fat potato” (şişko patates). However, potato is the main vegetable of most Turkish families. Let’s see how we use it to cook a delicious patato soup.
Patates Corbasi
Ingredients:
- 3 middle size potato
- 1 cup milk
- 5 cups water
- 1 1/2 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and fresh dill
Peel the potatoes and chop them. Boil them in water until they get very soft.
Mash the potatoes by adding 3 glasses water (the water you boiled them) with blender.
Put butter in a pot. After it melts, add flour and saute until its color changes.
Add milk in the pot and stir. (the flaour shouldn’t get lumpy, so you should be very quick in this step)
Pour the mashed potatoes mixture in the pot and keep stirring. Add 2 glasses hot water, salt and black pepper. And boil over medium heat.
After it boils, add cream and boil it for another 3 minutes.
Season with fresh dill andblack pepper.
Enjoy it.
Updated: It is January 10, 2012 today and everywhere is covered with snow! We made this soup today with an addition of stock, so we added 3 cups water and 2 cups meat stock. It was absolutely tasty and warming! Try it with stock to have a more flavorful and warming soup!
6 Comments on "Cream of Potato Soup Recipe"
Hi Zerrin,
I love your website and recipes. I can’t wait to try this soup recipe. I have a nice pumpkin soup recipe if you are interested. Check it out on my blog.
http://dilzyskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/01/pumpkin-soup.html
Nice simple recipe Zerrin. I will try this. And I love that not round bowl. When I first saw the top picture I thought maybe I needed my eyes examined!
Oh yes, I love that bowl, too. It is a bit confusing at first sight, isn’t it?
LOL- şişko patates is my new favorite saying! And the soup looks heavenly.
Perfect winter time meal!
Yes, a wonderful bowl of soup!