Max Ermas Potato Cheese And Bacon Soup Recipes

BACON CHEDDAR POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Chop onions and celery, if using a food processor don't chop these too fine.
• In a large saucepan, sauté onion and celery in 4 ounces of butter until tender.
• Add potatoes and broth, bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes till potatoes are tender.
• In a small skillet, melt remaining 4 ounces of butter, add flour to make roux, cook roux over low heat until yellow blond in color and set aside.
• To cooked potato and broth mixture, add water, cream and roux stirring continuously until mixture thickens.
• Stir in the cheese, bacon bits, parsley, pepper and paprika.
• Cook over low heat until the cheese is melted, stir continuously and remove from heat when cheese is melted.
• Garnish with croutons, if desired.

CANADIAN BACON-CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• in a Dutch oven or soup pot combine the first 5 ingredients, bring to a boil. reduce heat cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until vegetables are very tender. with potato masher, mash vegetables several times. add bacon, and continue cooking.
• meanwhile, melt butter in a small saucepan, stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly for 1 minute. gradually whisk in milk.
• bring to a boil, boil and stir for 2 minutes (mixture will be thick) add to vegetable mixture, stirring constantly.
• remove from heat, add cheese and black pepper, stir until cheese is melted (taste for salt and add if needed).

MAX & ERMA'S POTATO, CHEESE AND BACON SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Place a heavy stockpot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat and add diced bacon. Cook, stirring frequently, until bacon is brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Immediately add onions and celery and saute until soft and tender, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and add flour to vegetables. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes to cook out the raw flour taste. Add chicken broth and potato cubes. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium and cook for 20 minutes, or until potatoes are tender. Add half-and-half, ground white and black pepper and salt and simmer for 5 minutes more. Stir in grated cheese until thoroughly melted. Taste and adjust seasonings.