Finnish Summer Soup

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.

• Ready In: 0 mins
• Serves: 5

Ingredients

• 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
• 1⁄2 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.