Luscious Potato Soup

This is my favorite potato soup recipe ever. I actually prefer to skip bacon as I find the smoky flavor overwhelms the delicate flavor of the onions and creme fraiche. I don't bother using a blender for this soup as a bit of chunky texture is great.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 460 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 3 green onions, finely chopped
• 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
• 2 shallots, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
• ½ cup creme fraiche
• 2 pounds potatoes, peeled and diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat olive oil and butter in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, shallots, green onions, salt, and pepper; saute until softened and beginning to brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Add garlic and herbes de Provence; saute until garlic is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Avoid burning the garlic; it will turn bitter.

Step 2

Add potatoes to onion mixture and toss well to coat. Pour in vegetable broth and milk; stir well. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until potatoes are tender and can be easily broken up with a spoon, 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 3

Use a potato masher or the back of a wooden spoon to roughly mash the potato chunks until the soup is relatively smooth and the largest chunks have been broken up.

Step 4

Whisk creme fraiche into the soup and taste for seasoning. Add additional pinches of salt or black pepper if the soup tastes flat.