Potage Paysanne Recipe
This Potage Paysanne recipe is from family cookbook and you can be rest assured that it works. The French Potage Paysanne is an amazing Appetizer. Stock up on bags full of Vegetable as you will want to make this Potage Paysanne a lot. Just try it once, and you'll no doubt want to prepare this for your friends again.
Ingredients
5 cups brown chicken stock
1 tablespoon beef stock base
1/2 cup minced leek (white and some green)
1 carrot, chopped
1 turnip, chopped
1 potato, diced
1-1/2 cups shelled green peas
4 cabbage leaves
6 lettuce leaves
6 sprigs each parsley and watercress
6 to 8 large fresh mint leaves
1 tablespoon minced fresh dill
1 cup half-and-half cream
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
Sour cream
Directions
Simmer stock, stock base, vegetables, parsley and watercress until vegetables are soft.
Add mint and dill; puree.
Reheat with cream, lemon juice and butter.
Season with pepper and salt and adjust to taste.
Add mint and dill; puree.
Reheat with cream, lemon juice and butter.
Season with pepper and salt and adjust to taste.
