Creamy Potato and Ham Soup with Bacon Cheese Tomato Open-Faced
Creamy Potato and Ham Soup
Recipe~~~
In crock pot cut up ( 6 large potatos ) in squares. (I personally leave the skins on - extra vitamins and nutrients) just scrub them well under water then cut into bite sized chunks.
Fill the crockpot with about 3-4 cups of water. Just enough to cover the potatoes. 💌We will be adding more liquid later.
Add Salt, Pepper to taste
(NOTE: I always use ORGANIC black pepper. It's worth the extra $1 - non organuc pepper is know to use heavy pesticides. ALSO... We only use PURE Sea Salt. We just prefre sea salt there are many kinds of salt ro choose from ..But whatever you do choose your salt should NOT contain anti-caking/clumping agents and we can get iodine from tons of other foods naturally so don't worry that you have to have iodine added into your salt. . And Anti-caking agents have been proven to cause inflammation.) A large chunk of onion (we will remove it later) or if you are good with chunks of onion in your soup.... go ahead and chop it up to stay. (We just let ours cook with about a 3rd of an onion sized wedge and remove before serving...(we have anti-onion eaters in this house.) 😂Add about 4 garlic cloves minced or chopped. I just shread mine with a grater. We LOVE Garlic.
And add 1 pack of cubed or diced ham. 16 ounce pack is great... Or I've done it with 8 ounces also and its still fine. (You could substitute this with bacon bits or bacon crumbles)
👉 Cook in the Crockpot on low for about 4 hours or longer (no hurry) make sure the lid is secured and moisture stays inside the pot... You could also speed things up by cooking on High for 2 hours.
💌THIS is where the CREAMY part happens💌
When taters are tender... (Remove about 2/3 cup of broth into a seperate bowl and mix 1/4 cup all purpose flour and mix really well - no lumps. (This is called a Roux) Then pour the (Roux) back into the crock and stir it in well.
Add 2-3 cups Heavy Cream and STIR
👉👉👉 Don't skip this step------ TASTE
add salt and pepper to YOUR Liking.
Add 3-4 tbsp REAL BUTTER.
Allow to cook on low for another 20 mins.
Enjoy!!!
Bacon Cheese Tomato Open-Face
Just like it sounds. ... easy peasy!
I usually slice a 1 inch thick slice of Gutes Brot's (White Sourdough) and line them up on a cookie sheet. I toast it for a couple mins in the oven under low broil - until slightly toasted.
While you do this or before hand cook some bacon just the way you like it. (Don't throw that grease away!!! Save it for another day - just sayin - We live in the South around here we save our bacon grease. ❤Then I add a thick layer of sharp chedder cheese to the bread slices. Then add some thin sliced tomato and put your bacon on top...( Tip: to keep it all together - place another piece of small piece of cheese on the top - it will melt down and keep it all in place. )
Cook at 350 in the oven for about 20 mins if using a thick cheese. If using thin slices probably only 10 mins. Until Gooey and Golden Brown.
(NOTE: Our family does not use pre-shreadded cheese (again with the anti-clumping/caking agents or they use potato starch which contains preservitives that can cause inflammation. (I'm alergic to these types of preservitives so we steer clear from them.) I also dont use sliced cheese in individual wrappers (these often contain a lot of preservitives. I also dis-like all that plastic waste. I also dont like all that unnecessary waste or the (plastic) touching our food I only use blocked cheese or the sliced cheese with the papers laying between the slices. It only takes a moment to cut or shread your own cheese. (It's the litrle things that add up)
Don't be shy ...go ahead and dunk that cheesy bread in your soup... sooooooo good!
Anne ❤