topic Re: Potato Soup in Recipes

Potato Soup

drizzellla — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:32:30 GMT

I decided to make potato soup today. The recipe called for 2/3 cup of heavy cream. Could only buy a pint at the grocery store.

I am just tempted to put all the heavy cream into the soup. Does it matter?

I do not drink coffee or have any other use for heavy cream. So rather than just throwing the remainder of heavy cream down the drain, I was thinking about just adding it to the soup.

Re: Potato Soup

Luvsmyfam — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:35:40 GMT

@drizzellla I would definetly ADD!

Re: Potato Soup

drizzellla — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:39:23 GMT

@Luvsmyfam wrote:
@drizzellla I would definetly ADD!

What do you think. The recipe also calls for 2 cups of milk. I am guessing that I will cut down on the milk, if I am adding additional heavy cream.

Re: Potato Soup

RespectLife — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:56:04 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
@Luvsmyfam wrote:
@drizzellla I would definetly ADD!
What do you think. The recipe also calls for 2 cups of milk. I am guessing that I will cut down on the milk, if I am adding additional heavy cream.

I would reduce the regular milk...but honestly....I don't really think it matters that much.

You wouldn't be adding tons of extra liquid.

But I would reduce.....If by any chance you think it is too 'liquidy', I use instant mash flakes to thicken it up.

I wouldn't waste the heavy cream either!

I just spent $5.49 for a quart to make my cheesecake!!

Re: Potato Soup

RedTop — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:04:30 GMT

It's not going to make that much difference.

Re: Potato Soup

Duckncover — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:14:06 GMT

I would use all of the heavy cream. Not that much difference in the amount; cut back the same amount on the milk...or add it all..... I had to use half and half one time because heavy cream was not in stock, it worked out just fine. That's the good thing about soup; you can be flexible on the amounts of almost everything you put on it.

Re: Potato Soup

ValuSkr — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 20:07:00 GMT

It seems you'd be adding three times the amount of heavy cream the recipe specifies. I'd be cautious. What's the worse that can happen? I don't know. I guess the soup would have more calories.

Re: Potato Soup

drizzellla — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:27:49 GMT

Thanks for all your input. I figure I am going to use the entire pint of heavy cream - 2 cups. And use 2/3 cup of milk.

I will reverse the ingredients. Instead of 2 cups milk and 2/3 cup heavy cream. We will see what happens.

Re: Potato Soup

KaySD — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 04:19:50 GMT

Heavens, don't toss it out!!

Heavy cream keeps longer than milk. You can use it place of milk+butter in mashed potato or mac/cheese. Use it in gravy, in any kind of soup or sauce, to make scrambled eggs, omelets, or quiche. A dollop of cream on top of fruit is a wonderful dessert. Put it in your oatmeal or on your cereal. Mix it with nut butter and spread it on your toast! Or whip it and put a dollop on anything you love to eat. Fold it into your pancakes! Slather it on your steamed veggies!

You can fry eggs in cream instead of butter, and in fact you can saute chops and veggies in cream instead of oil or butter, too--just start with the cream and food a cold pan, heat to medium high so the cream separates into butter and buttermilk, and the buttermilk evaporates. The butter that's left makes a silky brown crust on eggs, meat, anything.

I never buy milk or half and half. What the heck is half and half anyway? But I always, always have a pint of heavy cream.

Enjoy!

Re: Potato Soup

Flatbush — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 07:39:49 GMT

@KaySD

Lots of good ideas here!

Yes, don't toss the heavy cream. It can also be frozen and used for other recipes later on.

Re: Potato Soup

Sooner — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:02:54 GMT

@drizzellla If it were me, no I wouldn't just add it. I think it would probably make the soup too rich--at least for us it would. Add a little bit until you start to taste that you are getting more cream taste and less potato taste.

And if you don't use it and don't want it just toss the rest. It is a lot of added fat, so don't worry about it. You 'll never use up everything you buy.

Re: Potato Soup

KaySD — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:33:00 GMT

Hey @Flatbush , what happens when you thaw it? Does it separate?

Re: Potato Soup

Flatbush — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:43:30 GMT

@KaySD wrote:
Hey @Flatbush , what happens when you thaw it? Does it separate?

@KaySD

Keep in refrigerator til it defrosts. Then whisk or shake it to reconstitute.

Re: Potato Soup

GingerPeach — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:53:45 GMT

Add the cream. Adjust the other ingredients.
Or find a recipe that calls for the amount you have.