Soups

Sopa de Papas (Potato Soup)

Name: Sopa de Papas (Potato Soup)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup mashed potatoes; 1 cup meat stock (chicken, veal, or beef); 1 cup milk; 1 tbsp butter; 1 bay leaf; 1 tbsp flour; Round cut bread (size of a nickel), butter, grated yellow cheese, red sweet pepper, and parsley; Salt to taste

Silky potato broth thickened with flour and served with cheesy, peppertopped round toasts.

Instructions

Add one cup of mashed potatoes to one cup of stock, one cup of milk, a tablespoon of butter, salt, and one bay leaf.
Thicken with a tablespoon of flour, cook thoroughly, and strain.
Cut thinly sliced bread round into the size of a nickel, butter and toast them; make a little pile of grated yellow cheese on each toast, top with red sweet pepper and a pinch of chopped parsley. Serve hot with the soup.

This creamy comfort soup features smooth mashed potatoes and clarified stock, accentuated perfectly with the cheesy crostini in the form of tiny little slices.