Grandfather's Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large onion, finely sliced
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 12 ounces potatoes, peeled and diced
• 3 3/4 cups beef stock
• 1 bay leaf
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 2/3 cup self-rising flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped, plus a little extra for garnish
• 1 egg, beaten
• chunks bread, to serve

Recipe

• 1 in a wide heavy-based pan, cook the onion in the butter gently for 10 minutes, or until it begins to brown.
• 2 add the diced potatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes, then pour in teh stock. add the bay leaf, salt and pepper. bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, make the noodles. sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the butter. stir in the parsley, and add the egg to teh flour mixture and mix to a soft dough.
• 4 drop half-teaspoonfuls of the dough into the simmering soup. cover nd simmer gently for a further 10 minutes. ladle the soup into warmed soup bowls, scatter over with a little parsley, and serve immediately with chunks of bread.