Potato soup from Berlin

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Potato soup is very typical in Germany, specially in Berlin. This is a dish with a lot of energy that you can take in winter.

Ingredients (4 people):

• 700 g potatos.
• 1 carrot.
• 1 piece celeriac.
• 1 piece leek.
• 1 onion.
• 1 garlic clove.
• 100 g bacon.
• 1 l water or broth.
• 1 tablespoon marjoram.
• 2 Bockwurst sausages.

Method:

1.    Peel potatos and cut them into thick pieces.

2.    Cut carrots,celeriac, onion and leek.

3.    Put some oil in a casserole, sautée garlic and onion.

4.    Cut bacon into strips, add it to the casserole and cook until bacon is done.

5.    Add the rest of the ingredients, add potatos at the end.

6.    Add 1 liter boiling water or broth.

7.    Add salt, pepper and marjoram.

8.    Cook on a low heat for 20 minutes.

9.    Remove from the fire , use a food processor to crush the ingredients , after that you can pass the soup through a siebe.

10.  Some minutes before serving , add sausages cut into slices and cook for 5 minutes.

My comments to the recipe:

This is an easy recipe to make, with a marvellous taste, I didn't know celeriac, it has a perfumed taste very nice to find in a soup, sausages provide the typical German touch. 

Where to find the ingredients:

 You can buy celeriac sometimes at Hipercor, in Madrid I found it at Ventas market, at 209  'Frutas y Verduras Toñín' .

Marjoram is also difficult to find at supermarkets but it is easier to find at herbalist's shop.

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