Potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs potatoes
• 2 tablespoons butter (or margarine or olive oil)
• 8 ounces bacon, chopped fine
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup sliced leek, green and parts
• 1 -2 garlic clove
• 1 cup carrot, cubed small
• 1 cup celery, cubed small
• 1 cup peas (frozen)
• broth (beef or chicken or vegetable)
• 2 tablespoons herbs (parsley, dill, chives, marjoram)
• 10 cocktail franks
• sour cream, as a garnish (optional)
• mushrooms or bell peppers or rutabagas or parsnips or turnips or green onion, the possibilities are endless

Recipe

• 1 saute the bacon in the fat until crispy.
• 2 add the onions and cook until translucent.
• 3 add the leeks and the garlic and continue to cook for a few minutes.
• 4 add the carrots and the celery and cook for another minute or so.
• 5 add the peas and the potatoes.
• 6 fill up with broth until the veggies are covered.
• 7 simmer until the potatoes are tender.
• 8 take out 1/3 of the veggies and potatoes and puree.
• 9 put back into the soup and stir.
• 10 add the herbs and the franks and heat through.
• 11 serve.
• 12 add a spoonfull of sour cream on each plate.