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Potato Soup with Butter Dumplings




Source of Recipe


Southern Living, 1980






Recipe Introduction


This is one of my very favorite soups. This is just goooood!






List of Ingredients



• 1/4 cup butter
  
• 1 medium onion -- chopped
  
• 4 cups water
  
• 3 lbs potato -- peeled and diced
  
• 1 stalk celery -- chopped
  
• 1 tablespoon salt
  
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley -- chopped
  
• 1 8 oz carton sour cream
  
• Dumpling Batter:
  
• 2 tablespoons butter -- softened
  
• 1/4 cup + 2 T flour
  
• 2 eggs -- beaten
  
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
  
• dash ground nutmeg
  






Instructions



1. Melt butter in large soup pot; add onion and saute till tender.
   
2. Add water; bring to a boil and add potatoes, celery, salt, pepper and parsley. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
   
3. Drop dumpling batter into soup by teaspoons. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
   
4. Remove from heat and gradually stir in sour cream. Heat thoroughly, but do not boil.
   
5. Dumpling Batter: Cream butter with flour; beat in eggs. Stir in seasonings, mixing well. Yield: about 1/2 cup.
   
   






Final Comments


Yield: 10 servings