Subj : 5/30 Intl Potato Day - 1
To   : All
From : Dave Drum
Date : Wed May 29 2024 18:18:00

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      Title: Dirty Dave's Tribute Potato Soup
 Categories: Soups, Potatoes, Pork, Cheese
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      6 sl Bacon slices (to 8); diced
           - fried crisp, drained,
           - dripping reserved
      1 c  Yellow onions; diced
    2/3 c  Flour
      6 c  Chicken broth; hot
      4 c  Potatoes; peeled, diced,
           - boiled until done **
      2 c  Heavy cream
    1/4 c  Parsley; chopped
  1 1/2 ts Granulated garlic
  1 1/2 ts Salt
  1 1/2 ts Coarse black pepper
      2 ds (or 3) hot sauce
      1 c  Parmesan cheese; grated *
    1/4 c  Green onions, sliced; white
           - and green parts
 
  Render bacon until crisp; drain dripping and reserve.
  Set bacon pieces aside until time to finish the soup.
  
  Cook onions in dripping over medium high heat until
  transparent, about 3 minutes. Add flour, stirring to
  prevent lumps; cook for 3-5 minutes, until mixture just
  begins to turn golden. Add chicken broth gradually,
  whisking to prevent lumps until liquid thickens.
  
  Reduce heat to simmer and add potatoes, cream, half of
  the chopped bacon, parsley, garlic, basil, salt, pepper
  sauce and black pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes; do not
  allow to boil. Add grated cheese and green onions, heat
  until cheese melts smoothly.
  
  Garnish each serving as desired with chopped bacon,
  grated cheese and chopped parsley.
  
  NOTE: If you don't have parsley at hand, chives, sliced
  onion tops, or garlic greens make a decent substitute.
  
  Makes 2 quarts.
  
  * The Parmesan is what makes this soup so much better
  than others I have had. It should blend in without over-
  powering the other flavours and add a thickness and
  richness to an otherwise plebeian soup.
  
  ** Yukon gold potatoes work well in this soup and make
  the resulting product even more cream/buttery coloured
  than russets or red potatoes.
  
  Synthesised and tweaked from a combination of recipes
  and attempts to duplicate Eldon Drum's potato soup. It
  isn't a copy or a duplicate. But it's pretty darned good
  on its own.
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
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.... It's a widely held misperception that it tastes like chicken
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