Cucumber soup (potato soup)

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 600 g cucumber(s), peeled
• 400 g potatoes, peeled
• 30 g oil
• 30 g flour
• 10 g sugar
• 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• Salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour

Recipe from Slovenia

Peel the cucumbers, slice them thinly, and cook them in a tall pot with about 250 ml of water for 20 minutes. Peel the potatoes, also slice them thinly, and cook them in salted water until they almost fall apart, then strain. Collect the potato water. Add the cooked potatoes to the cucumbers. Mash the cucumber-potato mixture with a masher. To refine the soup, make a sugar roux: Brown 10 g of sugar in 30 ml of hot oil until golden brown. Add 30 g of flour, roast until golden brown, then immediately add the reserved potato water, stir with a whisk, and simmer gently for about 10 minutes. Then add the roux to the cucumber-potato mixture. Mix everything together and simmer gently for about another 10 minutes. Season to taste with 2-3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar. Enjoy!