Rustic Potato Soup

There is something very comforting in not only eating this potato soup but also in cooking it as it is a very simple process. I find the thought of being just a few minutes away from a good home made potato soup very reassuring. You can of course use different seasoning but this is the recipe of a soup I have grown up with and love.

 Ingredients:

• 1 kg  (2 1/4 lbs)  potatoes
• 2 onions
• 1 leek
• 2 tbsp vegan butter, suitable for cooking
• 1 liter  (4 1/4 cups)  vegetable broth, fresh or made from stock cubes
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp marjoram
• 1 twig of fresh sage or 1 tsp dried sage

Instructions:

Peel the potatoes and cut them into small chunks. Slice onions and leeks thinly.

Warm the butter in a saucepan and add the chopped onion leeks and potato. Stir in the marjoram, sage and pepper, and  continue to cook for about 20-25 minutes at medium heat.

Meanwhile heat the vegetable broth in a pot, pour it over the potatoes and cover with a lid. Bring the soup to a simmer and cook for 15-20 mins until the potatoes are completely tender. Season with a pinch of salt and light mash the potatoes. You can blitz the soup in a blender until smooth if you prefer creamy potato soup but I prefer this one rustic.

Divide the soup into bowls, and garnish with fresh sage if you have it.