Kesäkeitto

Wow, it seems that this blog is full of Finnish recipes. You can really tell what country's food I really love. Well, I love Finland in general, but their food is some of my favorite ever. :D So, today I am going to give you this early summer, late spring recipe. Kesäkeitto is a vegetable soup that you can add shrimp to for special occasions or if you just like shrimp in your soup. It is pretty tasty. So, here you go.


Ingredients

• 6 small potatoes
• 1 teaspoon of sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon of ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
• 6 small onions cut in thin rounds
• 3 carrots cut into thin rounds
• 3/4 cup of peas
• 4 small radishes chunked
• 3/4 cup of green beans
• 1 small head of cauliflower 
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup of milk
• 1/4 cup of heavy cream
• Optional 1/2 pound of medium sized cooked shrimp

Directions

• Place all the vegetables into a large pot and fill with water and the salt. Boil uncovered until the vegetables tender
• Remove from the pan from heat and strain water into a bowl and set aside  with vegetables in a separate bowl 
• In the pan, melt the butter
• Remove from heat and stir in the flour, slowly pouring in the vegetable stock beating vigorously with a whisk
• Beat in the milk
• In a small bowl, combine the egg yolk and cream
• Whisk in 1 cup of the hot soup, a couple tablespoons at a time
• Slowly whisk the warm egg yolk mixture into the soup
• Add the vegetables back and bring to a simmer
• Add shrimp if you want to and simmer uncovered until shrimp and vegetables are heated through
• Add pepper

There you have it. It is pretty tasty even though it takes a bit of effort to make. It is definitely not something you can just whip up in a few minutes. Personally, I think it tastes better if it has been simmering on supper low heat all day when it is really cold outside. Of course then it sort of defeats the purpose of it being made with fresh vegetables. Hope you all enjoy this recipe! I will try to add more non-Finnish food recipes in.