[recipe*] Potato, Cheese & Chili Soup

[Guest guest]

This is one of my favorite soup recipes ever.

Give it a try sometime soon. It is great served in

a bread bowl, and it tastes even better the next

day when the flavors blend even more.

 

Potato, Cheese & Chili Soup

 

4 medium potatoes

3 cups water

1 Tbs. butter

1 Tbs. olive oil

1 1/2 cups chopped onion

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cumin

1 tsp. basil

3- 4 cloves garlic, minced

Fresh ground black pepper, to taste

1 1/2 cups diced green bell pepper

1 cup diced canned green chilies

3/4 cup sour cream

1 cup milk

3/4 cup grated jack cheese

2 scallions, minced fine

 

Scrub and cut potatoes into chunks, then cook in

the water until tender. Cool to room temperature.

Saute the onions in the butter and olive oil.

When they begin to soften add the salt, cumin,

basil, garlic and black pepper. Continue to cook

until onions are completely soft, then add the

chopped bell pepper and cook for about 3 minutes

more.

Puree the potatoes in the cooking water. Add the

puree to the vegetable saute and then add the

diced green chilies, sour cream and milk.

Whisk all together over very low heat. When it is

all hot, remove from heat and stir in the cheese

and the scallions. Serve.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

 

~ PT ~

 

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt,

finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,

sermons in stones, and good in everything. 

~William Shakespeare