Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, potato soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Potato Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Potato Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have potato soup using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Potato Soup:

1. Get 2 heads garlic, outer layers of skin removed
2. Make ready 2 tablespoons olive oil
3. Make ready 4 large leeks, chopped
4. Get 2 cups chopped button mushrooms
5. Take 6 large potatoes, cut into cubes
6. Make ready 6 cups vegetable broth
7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon saffron, (optional)
8. Get 1 bay leaf
9. Take 2 teaspoons dried thyme
10. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
11. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon pepper
12. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon parsley, chopped

Rich and velvety when pureed, potatoes create a healthful base for soup and need little in the way of full-fat dairy to achieve an ideal creamy. It really is the best potato soup recipe, ever. I came up with it after enjoying baked potato soup at one of our favorite restaurants. I added bacon, and we think that makes it even better.

Steps to make Potato Soup:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Put garlic into a small baking dish and bake, uncovered, for 1 hour. Set aside to let cool, then peel or squeeze the garlic cloves into a small bowl, discarding peels, and mash pulp into a paste. Set aside.
3. Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add leeks and mushrooms and cook until tender. continue cooking until reduced to one-third.
4. Add potatoes, broth, garlic paste, saffron, bay leaf, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir well, then simmer over medium heat until the potatoes are tender.
5. Blend the soup in blender to get smooth texture and then add a few choppped & sautéed mushrooms
6. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with parsley.

I came up with it after enjoying baked potato soup at one of our favorite restaurants. I added bacon, and we think that makes it even better. Potato soup is a hearty soup that is perfect for a cold winter's day or whenever you have a craving for a rich, potato-based dish. This soup can be served before a meal or it can even be served as a main. Potato soup has to have a pureed, smooth potato component.

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