Garlic-potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 heads roasted garlic
• 2 slices bacon, diced
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 1 cup carrot, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 6 cups diced baking potatoes
• 4 cups chicken broth
• salt and pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 roast the garlic and squeeze out.
• 2 cook bacon in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until crisp.
• 3 add onion, carrot, and minced garlic, and saute 5 minutes.
• 4 add potato, broth, salt, pepper, and bay leaf, bring to a boil.
• 5 cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes or until potato is tender, remove bay leaf.
• 6 combine garlic pulp and 2 cups potato mixture in a blender or food processor, and process until smooth.
• 7 return puree to pan; stir in milk, and cook over low heat until thoroughly heated.
• 8 remove from heat, and stir in chopped parsley.