Czech potato soup

  • Lactose free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch

Less suited for dinner.

A hearty potato soup with root vegetables, mushrooms, garlic and marjoram, thickened with a light lard roux.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,500 g

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Ingredients

  • 500 gPOTATO, PEELED
  • 100 gCARROT
  • 80 gCELERIAC, TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY, KNOB CELERY, CELERY ROOT
  • 60 gPARSNIP
  • 100 gONION
  • 100 gMUSHROOM, BOLETUS, RUSSULA
  • 3 clovesGARLIC
  • 2 15 ml tablespoonLARD, FRYING FAT
  • 30 gFLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, SEMI-COARSE
  • 1 5 ml teaspoonPEPPER, BLACK PEPPER
  • 1 15 ml tablespoonOREGANO, DRIED
  • 0.5 gPEPPER, BLACK PEPPER
  • 1.5 5 ml teaspoonSALT, AVERAGE
  • 1,200 gWATER, TAP WATER

Method

  1. Peel and dice the potatoes, carrot, celeriac and parsley root; chop the onion finely and slice the mushrooms.
  2. Put the root vegetables, potatoes and mushrooms in a pot with the water, add caraway and salt and simmer until tender.
  3. Fry the onion in the lard until golden, sprinkle with the flour and stir into a light roux.
  4. Whisk the roux into the soup, add the crushed garlic, marjoram and pepper and simmer for another 10 minutes.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
900.6 kcal
Protein
21 g
Fat
29.6 g
Carbohydrate
124.1 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
151.3 g
Fibre (Fineli)
19.6 g
Saturated fatty acids
16.1 g
Sodium
3,867.5 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
9.7 g

Per serving

Energy
225.2 kcal
Protein
5.2 g
Fat
7.4 g
Carbohydrate
31 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
37.8 g
Fibre (Fineli)
4.9 g
Saturated fatty acids
4 g
Sodium
966.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
2.4 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
60 kcal
Protein
1.4 g
Fat
2 g
Carbohydrate
8.3 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
10.1 g
Fibre (Fineli)
1.3 g
Saturated fatty acids
1.1 g
Sodium
257.8 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.64 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • Some specific ingredients are represented by the closest generic food with the same culinary function.
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Gluten, Celery

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • THL Fineli (20.0) · Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (THL), Fineli · CC BY 4.0