Blending potato

[Silver Ether]

ok ... when a soup recipe calls for potato and then says blend my heart sinks... I usually leave it out or will add cooked and mashed at the end ... Because... when I blend it goes like snot yes not a very nice thing to look at in your soup bowl... so why? do you have the same trouble? am I just mad ?

[Rosendula]

I decided to cut corners once when I was making something that required a mashed potato topping. I put it in the blender. Sheer laziness on my part. Yes, it came out like snot. It was so bad, that I covered it in breadcrumbs to take attention away from it. Yuk!

[Silver Ether]

What you need to do is peel them with your metal knife not a plastic one, and then smash them all to bits, only kidding

lol ... I did that with bacon once ... didn't bother with knives... hubby in a temper trying to show there was enough bacon for a sandwich as well as for a meal ... I lost the plot and turned it all into pate he is one careful hubby now

So I take blending spuds is tricksy for others too ... so why do we keep getting told to do it?

[Millymollymandy]

ok ... when a soup recipe calls for potato and then says blend my heart sinks... I usually leave it out or will add cooked and mashed at the end ... Because... when I blend it goes like snot yes not a very nice thing to look at in your soup bowl... so why? do you have the same trouble? am I just mad ?

I don't have this problem. What are you using to blend your soup? I use one of those blitzer hand held electric things but in the past used either a food processor or a blender, but that involved a lot of faffing around and extra washing up.

I've never had snotty soup!

[Silver Ether]

I use a hand blender too the bigger one as you say is to much faffing...

Does OH leave them as unblended or does he blend then? I dont mind chunky bits in my soup but I keep seeing pics of vibrant green nettle soup that is smooth? every time I add and blend the spuds it just sets ... good job I eat odd looking things

[Millymollymandy]

Strange, I cook my spuds in with everything else so they are falling to pieces by the time I blend them. I don't use waxy spuds though - only the nice fluffy ones you use for mashed potatoes. I don't over blitz and just stop by the time everything has gone all smooth and soup (not snot) like.

[JulieSherris]

Yep, like MMM says, you blend - but lightly!

If you over blend, it just goes snotty - if the potato mix is too stiff & doesn't fold too well, try adding a little milk to make it a touch free-er... is that even a word? haha!

[Green Aura]

It sounds like you're putting too much potato in - there should only be enough in to thicken the soup slightly not give it the consistency of snot.

Make sure it's cooked really well if you want to blend it, spuds pretty much fall apart on their own and as everything's getting blended it doesn't matter if your other veg are cooked to dropping either.

[Silver Ether]

right ... thanks ... will get the kids picking nettles next week and will try again. I am joking I'll pick I don't think their mum would be happy if I send them home covered in green dock rubbings ...