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Creamy green bean and potato soup with lemon

Green beans and potatoes simmer with bay leaves and garlic, then are thickened with flour and finished with cream and lemon. Serves 4.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak ·

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time
25 min
Cook time
25 min
Total time
50 min
Servings
4 servings
Difficulty
Easy
Cuisine
Slovak
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Creamy green bean soup with lemon is a simple soup familiar from our grandmothers' kitchens. Fresh or canned green beans simmer with potatoes, bay leaves, garlic, salt, and pepper. The soup is then thickened with flour and sweet paprika, finished with cream, and seasoned with lemon juice.

It is ready in about 25 minutes and serves four.

Ingredients

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Instructions

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  1. Trim, rinse, and cut the green beans. Use canned green beans to make preparation easier. Peel and dice the potatoes.
  2. Place the green beans and potatoes in a pot, cover with water, and add salt, bay leaves, pepper, and crushed garlic. Cook for about 15 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, mix a little flour with sweet paprika in a small bowl. Sprinkle the mixture into the soup and cook for about 10 more minutes.
  4. Finish the soup with cream and season with lemon juice or vinegar.

Tip: First, mix the flour and paprika with a little cold water until smooth, as adding them dry to the hot soup would cause lumps. After adding the cream and lemon juice, gently heat the soup without boiling to keep the cream from curdling.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy
264 kcal
Protein
7.2 g
Carbohydrates
39 g
of which sugars
7.2 g
Fat
10 g
of which saturates
5.2 g
Fiber
6.7 g
Salt
0.6 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Smotanová polievka zo zelených fazuliek s citrónom

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