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Creamy Hodge Podge

Name: Creamy Hodge Podge
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 450g baby new potatoes, halved; 450g carrots, sliced; 150g green beans, trimmed and halved; 75g frozen peas; 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill; 1 tbsp snipped fresh chives; 700ml whole milk; 120ml double cream; 115g butter; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

A comforting Nova Scotian vegetable chowder brimming with tender garden veg, cream, butter and fresh dill.

30 min serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

450g baby new potatoes, halved1kg

450g carrots, sliced1kg

150g green beans, trimmed and halved200g

75g frozen peas900g

1 tbsp chopped fresh dill20g

1 tbsp snipped fresh chives20g

700ml whole milk1L

120ml double cream300ml

115g butter250g

1/2 tsp salt750g

1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper50g

Method

First, cook your vegetables. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Par-cook carrots and potatoes for five minutes until carrots and potatoes are fork tender, then blanch the peas and beans for about a minute in the same pot. Strain vegetables and set aside.
In a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat, add vegetables, and cook to warm through.
Add milk and cream and bring the soup to a boil. Turn the heat down to low and season with salt and pepper.
Add dill and chives and let simmer for at least 10 minutes. Serve warm.

Cost to cook

serves 4 · I have the cupboard staples

Live supermarket prices, as of 3 Oct. Full-pack shop cost · about £4.56 of it is what this recipe actually uses.

Find it in store

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Tesco Asda

£8.81 est. · serves 4

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