Red Potato Soup With Roquefort
- 3 medium red potatoes, peeled, cut in chunks (about 2 cups)
- 1 cup stock
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 18 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 cups whole milk (for richer soup use whipping cream for part of the milk)
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 12 cup blue cheese
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 12 cup tomatoes, firm but ripe, diced small
- 2 tablespoons green onions, thinly sliced
- blue cheese
- fresh curly-leaf parsley
- In a medium saucepan combine the peeled red potatoes, stock, onion, and white pepper.
- Bring water to boil then reduce heat.
- Simmer uncovered about 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.
- Mash the potatoes slightly; DO NOT drain.
- In a screw-top jar combine 1/2 cup milk and the flour; cover and shake vigorously.
- Add the mixture to the saucepan then add the remaining milk.
- Cook and stir until bubbly for approximately 1 minute but be careful not to burn.
- Finally, stir in the bleu cheese (reserve 2 tablespoons for garnish), butter and fresh parsley.
- Keeping stirring the soup until the cheese and butter melt.
- At this point you can choice to puree the soup or not.
- Top each serving of soup with diced tomatoes, green onion slices, sprinkle of bleu cheese and garnish of fresh parsley.
- Serve with a hearty bread.
red potatoes, stock, onion, white pepper, milk, flour, blue cheese, fresh parsley, butter, tomatoes, green onions, blue cheese, parsley
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/red-potato-soup-with-roquefort-140109 (may not work)