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In the spirit of @danielmkim’s wonderful #CookingForLieutenants series, we’re in the kitchen to make a favorite dish in my house.
Tonight we’re making Irish root soup!
Tonight we’re making Irish root soup!
First, roast several sweet potatoes. Smaller potatoes will be sweeter.
Next, chop up some leeks.
Chop as up as much garlic as you want. Garlic is like cinnamon. It’s hard to over do it - at least that’s the consensus in this house.
Cook the garlic and leaks with a tablespoon of olive oil and a tablespoon of butter until they become translucent. We have a Le Creuset Dutch oven that we love.
While the leeks and garlic are cooking, chop a pound of peeled carrots.
Add three cups of water to the pot and add the carrots when the leeks and garlic are ready.
Let the pot come up to a boil then back down to a simmer. Cook until the carrots are soft. This should take about 30 minutes.
Don’t worry about stirring the pot.
Don’t worry about stirring the pot.
We’ll come back to this thread in a bit. For now, my daughter and I will be stepping out to get a loaf of crusty bread. This is an important part of this meal.
