Ham and potato soup

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb gold potato (or any other kind will work) 1 onion 1 carrot 1 celery 8 oz diced smoked ham 3 cloves garlic 3 tbsp butter 1/4 cup flour 4 cups chicken broth 2 cups water 1/2 cup cream salt and pepper to taste cayenne chives

Process

• Dice all veggies & ham
• Put soup pot on stove over medium heat, melt butter
• Once it turns light brown, add veggies, ham, garlic
• Sweat for 5 - 6 minutes til soft
• Add flour for 3 minutes
• Add 1 qt cold stock and stir
• Add rest of stock
• Add water
• Heat up to med high, simmer for 15 minutes

• Cube potatoes and let sit in cold water
• Taste soup for salt & season
• Drain potatoes and add to soup
• Cook 15 minutes

Done when potatoes are mashable

• Mash some potatoes in the soup with potato masher
• Add seasonings
• Add cream