Let the smell of great tasting food fill the kitchen with our easy to make country ham and potato soup.
Ingredients and Method
Ingredients
- 2 large baking potatoes
- 2 Tsp butter
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 6 oz. Clifty Farm ham slices, medium diced
- 3 Tsp flour
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- cheddar cheese and chopped green onion, garnish
Direction
- Bake potatoes, set aside to cool slightly
- Melt butter in large pot at medium temperature.
- Add onion. Stir until soft
- Add ham. Brown slightly. Remove onion and ham from pot.
- Add flour. Add milk. Whisk until smooth. Continue stirring until mixture thickens.
- Scoop potatoes from skins, add to milk mixture.. Stir until blended.
- Add onion and ham to soup.
- Add salt and pepper. Taste and correct seasoning to taste.
- Simmer on low heat for 3-5 minutes. Do not boil.
- Serve in soup mugs. Garnish with cheese and green onion.
- Reheats well!
