Tattie soup

Name: Tattie soup
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 leek, sliced; 1 onion, chopped; 1 carrot, diced; 700g floury potatoes, diced; 900ml water; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 2 tbsp parsley, chopped

A thick, peppery potato and leek soup that is cheap, warming and easy.

Time40 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.33 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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1 tbspolive oil
1leeksliced
1onionchopped
1carrotdiced
700 gfloury potatoesdiced
900 mlwater
1 tspground black pepper
2 tbspparsleychopped

Method

1
Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the leek, onion and carrot for 8 minutes until soft.
8 min
2
Add the potatoes and stir for 1 minute.
3
Pour in the water and season well with pepper. Simmer for 20 minutes until the potato is soft.
20 min
4
Mash roughly with a masher, leaving it chunky.
5
Season with pepper and stir in the parsley. Serve hot.

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