Russian Potato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 medium potatoes, peeled cut into 1 inch cubes
3 stalks celery, sliced
1 large onion, diced coarsely
3 tablespoons flour
6 beef bouillon cubes
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons cooking oil

Preparation

In a 6 quart pot add potatoes and celery plus enough water to cover plus add enough to fill 1/2 of the space to the top of the pot.
Bring to a boil and simmer until potatoes are soft.
In the meantime in a skillet brown the onion in oil until they are medium brown in color.
Add the flour to the browned onions and stir for about 1 minute.
Add the bullion cubes.
Add enough potato water from the pot to cover the mixture, stir well.
Pour the onion mixture back into the pot.
Add water to within 1 inch of the top of the pot.
Add black pepper plus extra to taste.
Bring to a boil.
Simmer for 30 minutes.