Creamy Potato Soup Recipe buddharocket

• 4 large red potatoes- small cubes
• 2 green onions- chopped
• 2 celery stalks- chopped
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 3 tbsp minced white onion
• 1/4 cup chopped ham or bacon
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups HEAVY cream
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 2 large bay leaves
• 2 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp chopped FRESH parsley

1. To start, peel your potatoes and put them into a pot to boil.
2. Put a medium to large soup pot on the stove on medium-low heat (around number 4 on an electric stove).
3. First, put in your butter and let it melt a little.
4. Now add your garlic, white onion and fresh parsley.
5. Let this simmer for about 5 minutes.
6. Now add your chopped celery, bay leaves and white wine.
7. Again, let it simmer for a few minutes.
8. Now add your pre-cooked bacon bits, or chopped ham.
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10. After that has simmered for about 5 minutes, season with a little salt and pepper and then add your chicken stock.
11. Turn the heat up to about 7 to get the mixture boiling.
12. Once it has come to a slow boil, add your cream and stir it in well.
13. Take your potatoes out of the water and add those to the soup.
14. Take 4 cups of the water that the potatoes had boiled in, and stir that into the soup well.
15. Now, let the entire mixture simmer/slow boil for about 1 hour.
16. Last, stir in the green onion and thicken your soup with a rue if necessary.
17. Let the soup simmer on low heat for at least 15 minutes, then serve with a garnish of shredded cheddar cheese.
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red potatoes, green, celery, garlic, white onion, ham, chicken stock, heavy cream, white wine, bay leaves, butter, parsley

Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/creamy-potato-soup-12139 (may not work)