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The Perfect Time To Add Potatoes To Your Homemade Soup By Jonathan Kesh Nov. 27, 2025 8:20 pm EST

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If you're trying to make potato soup that contains other vegetables, whether it's a classic potato soup with onions and celery or a cold potato soup like vichyssoise with leeks, balancing the flavors of all these ingredients should be top of mind. How do you do that? We spoke to chef Matthew Ryle, author of a new cookbook, French Classics: Easy and Elevated Dishes to Cook at Home , and the answer lies in when you add the spuds to the soup.

"Once your vegetables have been gently sweated and have given up their flavor, that is the moment to bring in the potatoes," Ryle said. The sweating process uses steam t

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