Soups on - Potato soup

Jono messages me the other day and said we haven't been sharing recipes lately and he is right.  Dustin is having a party tonight and I made soup.  Potato soup with the leftover potatoes from a bag we bought. I adapted a recipe from here.  It turned out pretty good although next time I might add cheese and peppers.  It thickened during the party and was best hot.

Ingredients: 

1 package bacon

1 onion

8 potatoes chopped with skins (I actually used about 10 little ones)

1 cup celery

3 cloves garlic chopped

3 tblspns butter

1 cup cream

1 cup milk

4 cups of chicken stock

2 tsp Salt

2 tsp Pepper

1/2tsp cayenne

1 tsp paprika

1/4 cup flour

1. Oven cook the bacon at 400 around 15-20 until crispy

2. Drain 1/2 of the bacon grease into Dutch oven.  sauté onions garlic and celery with the bacon grease.

3. Add the bacon and diced potatoes to the pan cook for a few minutes then add in chicken broth and bring to boil.

4. In a sauce pan melt butter.  Mix in flour and whisk. 

5. then add in cream and milk and whisk.  Add in seasoning and bring to a boil - cream will thicken. 

6. Stir in cream into potatoes soup will thicken.  

7.  Serve with chives and cheese.