Velingrad Potato Soup

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Original soup by Ivan Zvezdev, modified to include celery root as opposed to celery leaves. Link to original recipe can be found in the description of the youtube clip. Българска версия @./bg/velingrad-potato-soup

🥘 Ingredients

  • butter
    85 g
  • carrots (peeled and coarsly shredded)
    150 g
  • celery root (peeled and coarsly shredded)
    100 g
  • dill (finely chopped)
    3 tsp
  • onions (peeled and finely chopped)
    100 g
  • potatoes (coarsley chopped)
    1.5 kg
  • salt
    1.5 tsp
  • savory (finely chopped)
    1.5 tsp
  • water
    3 liters

Tempered Egg and Yogurt Finish

  • egg
    2
  • yogurt
    300 g

🍳 Cookware

  • pot
  • lid
  • mixing bowl
  1. 1
    In a large pot , sauté the carrots and the celery root in butter for ⏱️ 1 minutes under lid . After that add the onions and keep under lid for 1 more minute.
    carrots: 150 g (peeled and coarsly shredded), celery root: 100 g (peeled and coarsly shredded), butter: 85 g, onions: 100 g (peeled and finely chopped)
  2. 2
    Pour water and boil for about ⏱️ 5 minutes .
    water: 3 liters
  3. 3
    Add the potatoes and boil for about ⏱️ 20 minutes . Add salt .
    potatoes: 1.5 kg (coarsley chopped), salt: 1.5 tsp
  4. 4
    Add savory and dill .
    savory: 1.5 tsp (finely chopped), dill: 3 tsp (finely chopped)

Tempered Egg and Yogurt Finish

  1. 1
    In a mixing bowl , mix together egg and yogurt and thicken the soup.
    egg: 2, yogurt: 300 g