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Potato Soup with Potato Croûtons and Bacon

Ingredients

50 g shallots, finely chopped
30 g butter
200 g potatoes, peeled and quartered
500 ml vegetable stock
300 ml single cream
50 g sour cream
  salt
  nutmeg
4 slice(s) bacon
potato
  oil, for frying
  chives, chopped
portions

Method

Preparation time: ca. 20 min / Cooking / Baking Time: ca. 30 min / Grade of difficulty: medium / Calories per portion: n/a

In a saucepan sauté the shallots in butter until lucent. Add the potatoes and the stock. Cook until the potatoes are tender. Stir in the cream and the sour cream. Purée the soup with a hand blender and heat again, but don't allow to boil anymore. Season to taste with salt and nutmeg.

Fry the bacon in a pan until crispy. Or you may bake the bacon in the oven at 160°C for 10 minutes or for 2 minutes at 1000 Watt in the microwave.

Cut the extra potato in 1cm cubes and fry in a pan with oil until golden and crispy. Drain on kitchen paper and season with salt.

To serve:
Ladle the soup into deep plates. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon, fried potatoes and chives.

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