Easy Potato Soup

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp Butter
• 1 Onion, diced
• 2 cloves Garlic, crushed
• 800g Potatoes, peeled, cut into 2cm pieces
• 3 cups Vegetable stock
• 1 cup Milk
• 2 Spring onions, sliced
• Salt and pepper, to taste

You’ll need: Large saucepan, Potato masher

Method

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook the onion for 5 minutes until soft, then add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.

2. 2

   Add the potatoes and stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 15–18 minutes, until the potatoes are very soft.

3. 3

   Mash about half the potato roughly in the pot with a potato masher, leaving some chunks.

4. 4

   Stir in the milk and most of the spring onions, season with salt and pepper and heat gently for 2 minutes without boiling. Serve topped with the remaining spring onion.