Potato Soup with Chanterelles

Our grandmothers recipe for making an excellent and light summer soup.

Details

  • Preparation Time: 15 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 30 minutes
  • Difficulty: 2
  • Spiciness: 0
  • Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 0.5 kg Mushrooms, mushrooms, fresh

  • 5 pieces Potatoes, white

  • 3 pieces Shallot

  • 3 pods Garlic, fresh

  • 4 twig Parsley, fresh

  • 1 spoon Oil, olive

  • 0.5 teaspoons Salt, table

  • 2 pinch Thyme, fresh

Steps

  1. Peel the potatoes, cut them into cubes, and wash them. Clean the chanterelles, wash them thoroughly under running water, and dry them with a paper towel. Leave smaller chanterelles whole, while larger ones can be cut in half. Peel the shallots, wash them, and chop them finely. Peel and mince the garlic, and wash and finely chop the parsley.

  2. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pot and sauté the shallots. Add the chanterelles and cook them, stirring occasionally, until they release their water. Then add the garlic and pour in water. Add the chopped potatoes and salt. Cook the soup over moderate heat for 20 minutes.

  3. Towards the end of cooking, add the parsley and a little thyme to the soup. Cook for another 10 minutes, then serve the prepared soup in soup bowls or cups.

Nutrition Information (Per 100g)

  • Calories: 61.03 kcal
  • Fat: 0.6 g
    • Saturated Fat: 0.06 g
  • Carbohydrates: 11.55 g
    • Sugars: 0.9 g
  • Protein: 1.68 g
  • Fiber: 1.5 g

Advice

Instead of thyme, you can season the soup with bay leaf, marjoram, or savory. In any case, its better to use fewer spices rather than too many, so they dont overpower the taste of the chanterelles and potatoes. Homemade bread pairs excellently with this soup. To thicken the dish, avoid unnecessary addition of flour and instead thicken it with onion or sour cream. Towards the end of cooking, simply add a small amount of sour cream to the pot and stir. Instead of sour cream, you can also enhance the flavor and add thickness with tomato pulp or concentrate. As an accompaniment to the soup, you can place homemade wine vinegar on the table, following the old Slovenian custom, which gives the dish a special taste.