Best Ramps And Potato Soup Recipes

POTATO AND WILD LEEK (RAMPS) SOUP

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large skillet or Dutch oven, fry the bacon until crispy , remove from the pan, and set aside.
• Add ramps and potatoes to the bacon grease in the skillet. Sauté on medium-low heat until the ramps are tender.
• Sprinkle with flour and stir with a wooden spoon until the flour is absorbed.
• Stir in chicken broth, bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer until the potatoes are tender.
• Stir in the heavy cream and heat thoroughly without boiling.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• For a chunky soup, leave as is or blend a portion of the vegetables and return to the broth.
• Serve hot, or cool to room temperature, cover, and chill thoroughly to serve cold as you would a vichyssoise . Garnish with crumbled bacon, and serve with crusty artisan bread and butter if desired.

POTATO, BACON, HAM, & RAMP (WILD LEEK) SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Sautee the bacon with the onion until the onion is translucent or almost tender. Add the water, bouillon, potatoes, ham, salt, and pepper. Simmer until the potatoes are tender.
• 2. Add the chopped ramps to to the simmering pot. Thoroughly combine the milk with the flour and add that to the pot too. Cook until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Serve hot with a small pat of butter placed on the surface of each bowl of soup.
• 3. Note: Regular cultivated leeks, found in most grocery stores, make an excellent substitute for wild leeks in this recipe but trim off and discard the tough part of the green tops if using them.

RAMP POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until beginning to soften, about 10 minutes; drain.
• Heat bacon drippings in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir potatoes in the hot drippings until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Stir ramps and bacon with the potatoes; season with salt and black pepper. Continue cooking until the ramps are soft, about 5 minutes.

POTATO AND WILD LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Scrub and dice potatoes, skin and all.
• Melt butter in a 5 quart pot, add diced potatoes and salt and saute till lightly golden.
• Add water and bouillon cubes, simmer.
• Wash and trim the leeks.
• Using kitchen shears snip half of of the leeks into small pieces and add to the pot.
• Simmer till potatoes are tender.
• Blend half the soup with a stick blender or in a regular blender till creamy and thick. Add back into the pot.
• Add milk slowly. Heat till once again hot but not boiling.
• Snip the remaing leeks into the pot, do not boil, just keep warm.

RAMP SOUP

Steps:

• Trim roots from ramps and slip off outer skin on bupounds if loose. Cut green tops from ramps and coarsely chop enough greens to measure 3 cups (reserve remainder for another use). Thinly slice ramp bulbs, including pink stems.
• Cook ramp bulbs, onion, white pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in oil in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes. Add wine, then boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until evaporated completely. Add broth and simmer, partially covered, stirring occasionally, until onions and ramps are very soft, about 20 minutes. Stir in ramp greens and boil 1 minute.
• Working in batches, purée soup in a blender until very smooth, about 1 minute per batch (use caution when blending hot liquids), then strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large heatproof bowl, pressing hard on and then discarding solids. Return soup to cleaned pot and bring just to a boil. Whisk in cheese and butter until smooth. Season with salt.