Dumb question: to peel or not to peel...

[user1471523870]

I have a bag of new potatoes in the fridge, they are super small. And I have some leeks that are REALLY ready to go.
Plan is to make potatoes and leeks soup tomorrow. Would you peel all those teeny tiny potatoes? Or can I just keep them skin on? I have a Nutribullet and thinking if perhaps the cooked skin will get liquified and become invisible anyway?

Skin on

Yep skin on
You’re good to go

Leave skins on but strain the soup through a sieve if you want it smooth. Tiny bits of skin taste ok, but it is a bit more rustic.

Fab, thanks!

Don't peel, they'll be fine.

However, DO NOT keep potatoes in the fridge!

www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/storing-food-safely-potatoes

@APurpleSquirrel

That is so funny. When I read the post peeling or not peeling the potatoes was not a worry to me. But keeping them in THE FRIDGE! I feel exactly the same way you do. It affects the level of starch and this increases acrylamide when fried/roasted.
As the op is putting them in a soup it should be ok.

I would peel them for soup tbh - leek and potato needs to be all smooth and velvety. In fact I'd go and get some bigger potatoes of a fluffier variety.

I like my soup chunky, I never peel potatoes for soup.

Leave the skin on but I wouldn't blend them, I find they go horribly gluey.
Just chop them into smallish chunks.
You need a floury potato for blending.