Cream of Potato Soup with Salty Caramel

Name: Cream of Potato Soup with Salty Caramel
Ingredients: Potato soup:; 50 gm butter; 2 onions, chopped; 6 large potatoes, peeled and diced; 3 carrots, peeled and diced; 1 litre chicken stock; 500 ml (2 cups) cream; salt and white pepper to taste; Roasted red onion:; 2 large red onion, peeled and diced; 20 gm butter; fresh thyme leaves; Salty caramel:; 200 gm caster sugar; 40 gm butter; 250 ml (1 cup) cream

This soup is a little unusual and quite a surprise. Salty caramel has a real wow factor and is delicious with both sweat and savoury food.

Published 29 July 2023

Method

Make the soup. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and cook the onion, the red onions. Put the onions and butter in a baking dish and sprinkle with thyme leaves. Roast in the oven set at 200 °C until starting to brown. Set aside.
Make the salty caramel. Place the sugar in a heavy bottomed saucepan and set over medium heat. Watch the sugar closely until it turns golden brown and then stir in the butter and cream. Return to the heat and allow the caramel to turn a rich caramel colour, being careful not to burn it. Add a good pinch of sea salt and set aside. When slightly cooled down, pour into a squeeze bottle.
When ready to serve, heat the soup and ladle into warmed soup bowls. Spoon on a tablespoon of the roasted red onions and finish with a swirl of the salty caramel. Serve at once.