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Cream of Potato Soup with leeks, mushrooms & crispy bacon.
No recipe. The winging it is the fun for me.
I just boiled cubed potatoes until cooked.
While that was happening I caramelized onion in olive oil. At about the ½ point I added the leeks & minced garlic. Just the onions were browning in added the mushrooms, the added 5 ounces of sherry. Reduced until the liquid was nearly a syrup.
Added chicken stock, and brought to a boil again. During that I added salt, paprika, red pepper flakes, white pepper, allspice & cinnamon.
Took ⅔s of the potatoes and pureed them in a 2:1 mix of heavy cream & 2% milk.
Added those to the veggies & stock. The added the rest of the cooked chunk potatoes.
Finally, added stock until the consistency was of a soup, not a gravy.
Salted little by little until flavors maxed out. Then added a half capful of vanilla extract.
When everything was hot, I added a half stick of butter.
Just before serving, I added the crispy bacon, scallion tops, and chopped parsley.
My wife couldn't stop eating it. It was pretty darned good, if I say so myself.