Recipe: Perfect Cream of potato soup & Croutons

Cream of potato soup & Croutons. In this definitive potato soup, vegetables and aromatics are simmered in a highly seasoned milk and chicken broth soup base which is thickened with a roux. After constant tinkering with this recipe, I have come up with soup which is the definitive cream of potato soup. Once potatoes are soft add thickened milk mixture to potato soup mixture and stir (potatoes should start breaking down into soup, if not cook a few minutes longer).

Creamy Potato Soup - AMAZING simple comfort food made without cream-of-anything soups. Carrots, onions, potatoes, celery, bacon, butter, flour The potato soup will thicken as it simmers, and even more as it cools down. I like to wait until the potatoes are almost melty, with their edges. You can cook Cream of potato soup & Croutons using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cream of potato soup & Croutons

1. You need 8 of medium size potatoes diced.
2. It's 100 grms of bacon.
3. You need 1 of red onion.
4. You need 1 of white onion.
5. You need 4 cloves of garlic.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of tumeric.
7. Prepare of I cup milk.
8. It's to taste of Salt.
9. Prepare of For croutons.
10. You need Slices of bread.
11. You need of Butter/margarine.

This recipe is one of my favorite recipes from my mom. She start making this after her trip from Germany. As German's staple food is Potato and they make so. This creamy potato soup is perfect to curl up with on a chilly day.

Cream of potato soup & Croutons instructions

1. Gather your ingredients and chop the ones that should be.
2. Brown the bacon.
3. In the oil drained from the bacon, sauté the onions till translucent, then add the garlic, rosemary and cook for another 2mins, they should not be so brown.
4. Add salt and tumeric then the potatoes and finally water to cover the potatoes. Simmer till the potatoes are well cooked.
5. Let it cool then transfer them to a blender and on high speed blend till smooth. Return to the saucepan and add milk stirring to get the right consistency. At this stage slice the bacon and add in the blender also, leave some for garnishing.
6. While still simmering the soup, make the croutons. Take 4 slices of bread and remove the crust then divide into cubes.
7. Put a little margarine in a pan then add the bread. To those using oven, dust the bread with butter and put in the oven till they become crunchy.
8. Remove soup from heat and serve with the croutons.ENJOY.

Cream of Potato Soup. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Add potatoes, chicken broth, parsley, thyme, celery seed, salt, and pepper to saucepan. Grandma's Cream of Potato Soup or Broccoli Soup. Potatoes : You can use any type of potato, but we highly recommend using Yukon Gold potatoes. There's no need to peel them, and when cooked, they are buttery This soup was so good!