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Potato soup

Potato soup

  • Soup
  • Starter
  • With poultry

Potato and carrot soup with milk, parsley and thyme.

Active time30 min

Cooking30 min

Total1 h

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Ingredients

  • 2 carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 6 potatoes
  • a quarter of a cup of butter
  • 3 cups of milk
  • 2 chicken stock cubes
  • 3 cups of water
  • 3 tbsp wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp dried parsley
  • ½ tsp pepper — optional
  • ¼ tsp dried thyme

Preparation

  1. Peel the potatoes, carrots and onion. Cut the potatoes into cubes measuring 2 centimetres, cut the carrots into small dice and thinly slice the onion. Melt the butter in a saucepan and cook the onion for 5 minutes.

    2 carrots
    1 onion
    6 potatoes
    a quarter of a cup of butter
    • knife
    • chopping board
    • saucepan
    • hob
  2. Meanwhile, put the potatoes and carrots in another saucepan with the water and stock cubes. Bring to a simmer and cook for 15 to 20 minutes until tender, then add the optional pepper.

    2 chicken stock cubes
    3 cups of water
    ½ tsp pepper — optional
    • saucepan
    • hob
  3. Add the flour to the onions and cook for one minute, stirring. Gradually whisk in the milk, then heat gently for 5 minutes until thickened.

    3 cups of milk
    3 tbsp wheat flour
    • saucepan
    • whisk
  4. Combine the two mixtures. Stir in the parsley and thyme, reheat the soup and serve hot.

    1 tbsp dried parsley
    ¼ tsp dried thyme
    • saucepan
    • spoon
    • ladle

Allergens

  • Celery
  • Gluten
  • Milk
Sources and credits

Photo: Au Menu — created with ImageGen at Roch’s request · Editorial permission from Roch for Au Menu; OpenAI terms

Au Menu · AI-generated illustration

Recipe translated and adapted from Wikibooks and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

  • Adaptation éditoriale : Mandat Roch du 20 octobre 2026 : illustrer les 525 recettes et variantes déjà publiées sans photo du nouvel inventaire, avec angles, cadrages et supports variés. Contenus, modèles, traductions et médias historiques conservés ; contrôle technique et visuel, sans essai en cuisine revendiqué.

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