Simply Comforting Creamy Stuffed Potato Soup Recipes

EASY CREAMY HOMEMADE POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large heavy-bottomed pot (like a Dutch oven), melt the butter over medium heat. When the butter is melted, stir in the onions, carrots, and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally until they begin to soften; 5 to 6 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic, rosemary, red pepper flakes, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper, and then cook, stirring everything around the pot, for 30 seconds.
• Scatter the flour over the vegetables and cook, stirring, until it looks medium blonde in color; about 1 minute. It will smell toasty, like browned butter.
• Slowly whisk in 2 cups of the stock, making sure there aren't any lumps of flour. It will be thick.
• Pour in the remaining stock and whisk until blended. Increase the heat and bring the soup to a boil then reduce to a simmer.
• Add the potatoes and bay leaf, and then cook, partially covered, until the potatoes are fork tender; about 20 minutes.
• Turn the heat to low, remove the bay leaf, and then stir in the cream and cheese.
• Taste for seasoning then adjust with more salt and pepper as needed. Serve with fresh herbs on top or for a thick and blended soup, use a potato masher to mash or an immersion blender to blend about half of the potatoes in the soup (this is Joanne's favorite way to serve the soup).

SIMPLY COMFORTING CREAMY STUFFED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot brown the bacon till crisp.
• Remove bacon and set aside to cool.
• Discard all bacon fat but 1 tablespoon.
• Add butter to the remaining bacon fat to melt.
• In the bacon fat over medium heat saute the bay leaf, thyme spring, garlic, onion, celery, carrots, and peppers till translucent.
• Add stock to the mirepoix and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add pepper flakes to taste.
• Remove and discard bay leaf and thyme spring.
• Meanwhile crumble the bacon strips.
• Whisk in 1/2 of the heated potatoes mix in well combined in the broth.
• Taste and season with lots of black pepper and salt to taste.
• Distribute the remaining 1/2 of heated potatoes into 4 bowls mounding in center.
• Pour soup over mounds of potatoes and top with cheese, bacon crumbles and sprinkle with green onions.
• Ahhh Nothing like a comforting bowl.