
Soups
Clot soup
Traditional Finnish soup made with potatoes, milk and cream, sometimes thickened with flour and flavoured with dill. It is a mild, comforting soup, served hot in winter, especially with rye bread.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Nutrition facts
394 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 11.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- 37.2 g
- Fat
- 20.8 g
- of which saturated fat
- 13.7 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat and sweat the chopped onion for 3 minutes.
- Add the carrots and potatoes, then stir for a few minutes to coat them in butter.
- Sprinkle over the flour, stir for 1 minute, then pour in the water while whisking to avoid lumps.
- Add the milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg, then bring gently to the boil.
- Simmer over low heat for 20 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
- Lightly mash a few potatoes against the side of the pot to thicken the soup.
- Stir in the sour cream and chopped dill, adjust the seasoning, then serve hot with rye bread.
Variations and tips
Bacon version. Fry smoked bacon lardons with the onion for a more savoury soup.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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