Potato soup with rivels

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 quart Chicken stock (see recipe) or canned chicken broth
4 mediums Potatoes; diced but not peeled
1 tablespoon Butter
1 quart Milk
¼ cup Celery leaves; chopped
Salt & fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 Egg; beaten
1 cup Flour
2 Hard-boiled eggs; peeled & chopped
Chopped parsley for garnish

Directions

This is a potato-dumpling soup, and it sounds like a double batch of starch. It is just that. The rivels, which means "lumps," give the soup a thick richness that is very filling. This is a very healing dish on a cold winter day.

Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a 4-quart stockpot. Add the diced potatoes and cook until tender. Add the butter, milk and celery leaves.

Bring to a simmer and add salt and pepper to taste. I love lots of pepper in this dish.

In a small bowl stir the beaten egg into the flour. Stir with a fork until you have a grainy mixture. Sprinkle small amounts at a time into the soup, stirring all the while with a wooden fork. Cook the rivels in the soup for 15 minutes. Be carefulwith these rivels, as they will lump up.

Serve with the chopped egg and parsley garnish.

From <The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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