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Potato Soup with Swiss Cheese

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 6

Ingredients

10-12 firm potatoes
Butter
Salt
Cream
3 slices bacon
1 large white onion, diced
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Dash each of nutmeg, cayenne pepper, mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Top milk or light cream
Swiss cheese, grated

Preparation

  1. Boil and mash potatoes, and mix in the butter, salt and cream. Crisp the bacon and finely crumble it. Cook the onion in the bacon fat till tender but not dark. Add to mashed potatoes along with parsley, cayenne, mustard, nutmeg and Worcestershire. Add enough top milk or light cream to give the consistency of cream soup. Sprinkle crumbled bacon and grated cheese over the top and brown lightly in the oven. Serve piping hot.

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