Recipe - Potato Soup With Worst And Garden Herbs

500 g Potatoes
One half l Water
1 Beef bouillon tablet; (or
less) *
1 dl Sparkling white wine
Freshly ground pepper; to
taste
50 g Gekookte worst **
4 Takjes parsley, finely
chopped; about One fourth cup
4 Takjes selderij***, finely
chopped; about One fourth cup

* A Dutch bouillon tablet is good for One half liter (about 2 cups) water; an
American cube is good for 1 cup water.

** "Gekookte worst" is a worst, 23" in diameter. When we get a craving for
a bologna sandwich, this is what we use. It doesn't really look like
bologna it's smaller around and a bit coarser in texture, but the taste
is similar. I think you could substitute some goodquality bologna.

*** Can't think of the English word for "selderij". It looks like flat
parsley; tastes a bit of celery. Just use more parsley if you can't find
anything similar.

Peel, wash, then dice the potatoes. Put the pots in a pan with the water,
bouillon tablet, and wine. Bring to a boil; put a lid on, turn down the
heat, and simmer for 20 min, till the pots are done. Let cool for a bit.
Puree the pots and cooking liquid; return to pan. [This is a good point to
put it in the frig, if you're making ahead.] [I thought it was a bit
gelatinous, as potato soups are wont to be, at this point, so I added
another cup of water (that I whizzed in the blender to clean it out.]

Remove the skin from the worst. Cut the worst into "matchsticks" up to 2"
long. Finely chop the parsley and selderij.

Warm the soup broth. Stir in the worst and herbs and heat till warmed
through.

Serves 2 as main course, or 46 as starter.
Recipe By : AllerHande

Posted to EATL Digest 7 November 96

Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 09:00:52 +0100

From: Kaye Sykes Sykes.Kaye@UNIFACE.NL