Creamy Potato Soup with Bacon

A cozy, velvety soup for the whole family — a perfect easy dinner!

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 20 % 3 g
Fats 20 % 3 g
Carbohydrates 60 % 9 g
94 kcal
GI: 90 / 0 / 10

Cooking method

Cooking time: 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Cut the bacon into small strips and brown it in a dry pot over medium heat until the fat renders and the bacon turns crisp.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Finely dice the onion and grate the carrot. Add them to the bacon and sauté until soft and fragrant.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Peel the potatoes and cut them into small cubes. Add them to the pot along with the thyme, oregano, and paprika.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Pour in the broth, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 15–20 minutes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Whisk the flour into the cream until smooth and lump-free.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Purée the soup with an immersion blender until smooth, then stir in the cream-and-flour mixture.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Return the soup to a gentle simmer, season with salt and hot pepper to taste, and cook another couple of minutes until slightly thickened.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Ladle into bowls, top with the reserved crispy bacon and a little grated hard cheese, and serve hot.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Ripe potatoes - 80  kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70  kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380  kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82  kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74  kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192  kcal/100g
  • Buttermilk - 36  kcal/100g
  • Cream of 20% fat content - 300  kcal/100g
  • Cream of 10% fat content - 120  kcal/100g
  • Cream - 300  kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33  kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275  kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25  kcal/100g
  • Dutch cheese - 352  kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335  kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366  kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345  kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'steppe' - 362  kcal/100g
  • Uglich cheese - 347  kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377  kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400  kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363  kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340  kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50% fat content - 395  kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420  kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364  kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360  kcal/100g
  • Lo spalmino cheese - 61  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'etorki' (sheep, hard) - 401  kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100  kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316  kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327  kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250  kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396  kcal/100g
  • Thyme - 101  kcal/100g
  • Dried thyme - 276  kcal/100g
  • Thyme - 276  kcal/100g
  • Boiled bacon - 447  kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325  kcal/100g
  • Ground hot pepper - 21  kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289  kcal/100g
  • Table salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Oregano dry - 306  kcal/100g
  • Broth - 15  kcal/100g

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