Finnish Summer Soup

Julesong's Note:

I love soup! :) I also collect Finnish recipes, and this is one of my adopted recipes. It looks like a dish my family and I would enjoy, so I hope to make it and edit it in the future.

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Ingredients:

Servings: 5

• 2 cups water
• 6 small potatoes , peeled and halved
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8; teaspoon white pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 6 small green onions , cut into 3-inch lengths
• 12 young fresh baby carrots , 1/2 lb
• ½ lb young fresh green bean , cut into 1-inch lengths
• 2 cups tiny peas , fresh shelled
• 2 cups half-and-half (light cream)
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Directions:

1. Heat water to boiling in a wide 5-quart pan; add potatoes.
2. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Add salt, pepper, butter, onions, carrots, and green beans; simmer for 8 more minutes.
4. Add peas and cook for another 2 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender.
5. In a small bowl, stir together half and half and flour until smooth; stir into simmering vegetables.
6. Cook, stirring until soup slightly thickened (about 5 minutes)
7. May be served with open faced sandwiches of cream cheese on rye, decorated with sliced vegetables.

Reviews

[Chef #1342799]

I use all milk in this recipe (milk soup) also use red potatoes, and fresh corn off the cob. Other than this it is a summer delight that i've grown up with in Upper Michigan and continue any place i move when i find all the fresh ingrediants. And there has never been any leftovers and great with Finnish bread.

[863196]

I love it! I've been making this soup for years, although I've made a few modifications to add a touch more flavor to the broth. Instead of boiling the potatoes in water, I use one cup of water and one cup of vegetable broth. I also add a few cloves of garlic (whole or chopped) and boil those along with the potatoes. I've also used FF half and half to reduce the calories and fat; this option works just fine.

[L.A. Stewart - way upstate N.Y.]

This was a nice soup, but didn't have a lot of flavor to me. Maybe I did something wrong. I would love to see other people's reviews on this and maybe I'll try it again this summer with veggies out of the garden. Thank you for sharing! LA :-)