German Potato Soup Recipe (Kartoffelsuppe) - Recipes From Europe (2024)

4.71 from 27 votes

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes minutes

• ▢ 2 pounds potatoes, starchy
• ▢ 2 medium-sized yellow onions
• ▢ 3 medium-sized carrots
• ▢ 1 leek
• ▢ 1 small celery root
• ▢ 4 wiener/frankfurter sausages
• ▢ 2 tablespoons oil
• ▢ 4 cups vegetable broth, approximately
• ▢ 1/4 cup whipping cream
• ▢ 1/2 cup chopped parsley, approximately
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt, more to taste
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon pepper, more to taste
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

• Peel, wash, and cut the potatoes into approx. 1/4 – 1/2 inch sized cubes. Peel and finely chop the onion. Wash the other vegetables (leek, celery root, carrots), peel where necessary/desired, and chop them into small cubes or rings as well.

• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large pot, add the onions and sauté them for a few minutes until they become translucent. Add the potatoes and other vegetables and sauté for 2-3 minutes as well.

• Now add your vegetable broth to the pot. The broth should just cover all the vegetables. In our case, this was 4 cups of vegetable broth – but it might be slightly more or less for you.

• Bring everything to a low boil, then turn down the heat and let the soup simmer for around 20 minutes with the lid on. Stir occasionally.

• In the meantime, cut the sausages into slices. Also, wash and chop the parsley.

• After the 20 minutes, add the sliced sausage, chopped parsley, whipping cream (NOT sweet already "whipped" cream), salt, pepper, and nutmeg to the soup – then give it a stir. Let everything simmer for 5 more minutes until the sausages are heated. Add more salt and/or pepper to taste, if desired.

• You can garnish the soup with some more fresh parsley before serving.

• There are different versions of German potato soups – this is a less creamy one. If you want to make a creamier version, you can puree all or part of the soup before you add the sausages and parsley.
• You can also add other sausages than wiener or frankfurter – these are just some of the traditional choices that we would add. If you want to make a vegetarian version, just skip the meat. For a vegan version, you can either also skip the cream or substitute it with vegan cooking cream.
• Leeks can be tough to clean as they have excess dirt inside the layers so be sure to thoroughly wash the leek (especially the top section) layer by layer.