New potato soup with dill and cream

Name: New potato soup with dill and cream
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 2.5 l Vegetable broth; 400 g New potatoes; 3 Carrots; 3 tbsp Butter; 1 bunch Dill; 1 tbsp Basil; 1 tbsp Oregano; to taste Salt and pepper; 100 g Cream

New potatoes and carrots sautéed in butter, then simmered in vegetable broth with basil, dill, and cream. Makes four servings.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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New potato soup with dill and cream is a simple seasonal soup that makes use of new potatoes from the store or your own garden. The potatoes and carrots are first briefly sautéed in butter with the lid on, then covered with vegetable broth and seasoned with basil and oregano. Small potatoes can go into the pot whole; larger ones are simply halved. Cream and a bunch of fresh dill finish the soup.

Instructions

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Wash the carrots thoroughly, peel them, and cut into small half-moons.
Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut large potatoes into 4 pieces, halve medium potatoes, and leave small ones whole.
Melt the butter in the pot you will use for the soup. Add the potatoes and carrots, cover, and sauté for 4–5 minutes.
Remove the lid, add the herbs, and sauté over low heat for another 6–7 minutes. Add a little more butter as needed.
Finely chop the dill. Tip: Instead of dill, use parsley, green onions, or leeks; sauté the leeks until golden before using.
Pour the broth over the vegetables and add the dill. Cook until the potatoes and carrots are tender, then season with salt and pepper.
Serve the soup hot, garnished with sour cream.
Tip: You do not need to peel the potatoes; you can make the soup with the skins on.

Tip: Rub the dried basil and oregano between your fingers directly over the pot to release more aroma. Stir them while sautéing, as they can easily burn in the butter.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 262 kcal
Protein: 5.2 g
Carbohydrates: 31 g
of which sugars: 8.1 g
Fat: 14 g
of which saturates: 8.1 g
Fiber: 4.2 g
Salt: 5.3 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: Polievka z nových zemiakov s kôprom a smotanou