Hungarian potato soup with sausage and sour cream
Hungarian potato soup is an easy soup to make, and its flavor is unique. It is just some potatoes cooked in water with sausage and bay leaves. The bay leaves are an important flavor ingredient. Do not omit them. In the end you stir in a light roux with some paprika powder and sour cream and the potato soup is done. Easy, 30 minute meal, perfect dinner for busy weekdays.
Equipment
- Soup pot
- Chef's knife
- Peeler
- Cutting board
- Wooden spoon
- Measuring spoons
- Measuring cups
- Saucepan
- Ladle
Ingredients
- 5 medium potatoes peeled, cut into small cubes
- 3.5 ounces smoked paprika sausage sliced, chorizzo style
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon sweet red paprika powder
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 3-4 tbsp vegetable oil (sunflower, canola)
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- salt to taste
Instructions
- In a soup pot heat a little oil and lightly brown the sliced sausage. When the sausages lightly browned and rendered of fat, add the cubed potatoes, the bay leaves, salt and 5 cups of water and cover. Keep boiling until potatoes are well cooked (but not too cooked).
- Roux (to thicken your soup): Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan; add 2 tablespoons of flour, stirring constantly. You need just enough oil to make the consistency of your roux not too thick and not too thin. It should spread out in your pan and bubble a little.
- After 2-3 minutes of searing, when it starts to brown, take it off the heat, allow to cool and add 1 teaspoon of red paprika powder. Cooking tip: do not burn the paprika, otherwise it will become bitter.
- Add 2 tablespoons of sour cream. and mix in.
- Now add some water (1/4 cup) or soup broth to the roux to thin it. Pour this mixture back to your soup pot and bring the soup back to a boil.
- You can serve it with or without sour cream.
- Enjoy!