Creamy Potato and Parsnip Soup Recipe (2024)

This potato andparsnip soupis rich, creamy and delicious. Made with just a fewsimple ingredientsthiscreamy soupis perfect for when the weather gets cooler.

Rich, creamy and full of flavour, this soup is everything you want from ahomemade soup. It's filling too, so it's perfect for lunch or a light dinner. Just serve with some goodcrusty breadfor a very comforting meal.

The parsnips bring a little sweetness and that distinctiveparsnip flavorto this soup. While the potatoes bring the creaminess. Cooked together, potatoes and parsnips create a lovelycreamy texture. Add in some cream, then you have a deliciouslysmooth soupthat's filling and comforting.

This soup is agreat wayto use up any leftover veggies you have from your Sunday dinner. It's also a very budget-friendly recipe and a very customizable recipe.

🛒 What You'll Need

• Parsnips - You'll need 3 medium-sized parsnips for this recipe, I peel my parsnips.
• Potatoes - I use floury potatoes for this soup. Maris Piper potatoes are great, you could also use russet potatoes.
• The base for the soup - I use one medium brown onion, one medium carrot and one stalk of celery. These are diced and cooked inolive oiluntil softened.
• Vegetable Stock- I use twovegetable stockcubes added to boiling water to make the stock orvegetable broth. You can make your own stock or broth if you like.
• Herbs -Fresh herbsare best for this soup and I use fresh thyme andfresh parsley. I also add 2 cloves of garlic, salt and freshly groundblack pepper.
• Cream - To get thatcreamy textureI add single cream also known as pouring cream or light cream in the USA.

🔪 How To Make Potato andParsnip Soup

Please see the recipe card below for the full instructions and the fullingredient list.

1. Start by cooking the onion, carrot and celery. Add theolive oilto alarge saucepan. Add the diced onion, carrot, celery and a pinch of salt and cook over low heat for at least 20 minutes. Once the vegetables have softened add the mincedgarlic clovesand the thyme leaves and cook for another minute.

2. Now add the chopped parsnips and potatoes and stir well.

3. Then add thevegetable stockand bring it to a simmer over low tomedium heat. Season with salt and pepper and simmer until the parsnips and the potatoes are soft.

4. Remove the soup from the heat and blend it using ahand blenderorimmersion blender. You can also use afood processorfor this if you want just be careful as the soup will be extremely hot. Finally, once the soup is creamy and smooth, pour in the cream. Return this soup to the heat and stir the cream into the soup. Serve with the chopped parsley and finely grated Grana Padano or Parmesan cheese if you are not vegetarian.

👩‍🍳 Top Tips

• Note of caution, this soup will be piping hot when you blend so be careful. Due to the thickness, this soup will spit so I tend to blend this with my hand right at thetop of the blenderto avoid getting burned.
• The cream will cool down this soup when it is added so it is important to return the soup to the heat to bring the temperature back up.

​💭 FAQs

🔄 Variations

• Spice it up - You could swap out the thyme for some earthy warming spices. Ground cumin or ground coriander would work well. Somecurry powderwith be agood ideatoo.
• Swap the potatoes - If you wanted to you could easily swap the regular potatoes forsweet potatoes. If you did do that I would go down the route of adding some warming spices too.
• Make it vegan - This soup will be quite thick and creamy once it is blended, so you could add more water or stock and omit the cream altogether.

​🍽 More Tasty Parsnip Recipes

• Carrot and Parsnip Soup - This is another very comforting and filling soup, it is such an easy recipe too. This is a great recipe for using up any leftover carrots and parsnips hanging around the fridge.
• Honey Roasted Carrots and Parsnips - One of my favourite side dishes this earthy dish is a classic that everyone loves.
• Spiced Parsnip Fritters - Fritters are a great way to use up left-behind veggies and these fritters are so tasty and great for a weekday lunch.
• Curried Parsnip Soup - This creamy spiced soup is warming and filling and perfect for Autumn

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