• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Saw the post, found a recipe, went out and got stuff… an hour later…

    Recipe calls for 1/2 pound of bacon, but bacon comes in 12 ounce packages and I’ve never gone “Man, why did I make so much bacon?”

    Chop it up, fry it up in some good olive oil, about 10 minutes. Remove to paper towels to drain.

    Recipe calls for 1 white onion and 2 leeks, but we have a ready supply of sweet onions so I used one of those.

    Chopped up, cooked in the bacon grease about 5 minutes or until translucent.

    3 cloves of chopped garlic. Mine were small so I popped in 5 cloves. Cooked another minute or so.

    Add in three tablespoons of the finest stone ground mustard. I used Maille but if you have the time and the know how you can make your own

    3 cups of broth, vegetable or chicken, I used chicken.

    1 cup of heavy cream.

    Cook that up for about 10 minutes or so.

    Mix up a slurry of 2 tablespoons cold water to 1 tablespoon corn starch, stir in as a thickener.

    Simmer until it’s as thick as you like.

    If you like chunky soup, top with bacon and serve.

    If you don’t like chunky soup, use a blender or immersion blender to break up the onions, leeks and garlic, top with bacon and serve.