Description

Make a soup that is unbelievably delicious and filling too. It is just like eating a cheese dip, but it's soup! Serve with a crusty bread.

Ingredients

• 3 c. chopped onion
• 1 c. chopped celery
• 3 c. chopped carrots
• 6 T. butter
• 4 c. chopped and peeled potatoes, cut into small bite sized pieces
• 1 c. white wine (or substitute more chicken stock)
• 2 c. chicken stock
• 2 c. half and half
• garlic salt, basil, oregano and pepper, to taste
• 2 c. shredded Asiago cheese, plus more for garnish
• 6 slices bacon, cooked, crumbled

Steps

1. In a large pot, melt butter; saute onions, celery, and carrots until tender; add potatoes, wine and chicken stock; cover; cook 20 minutes. Add cream; cook 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in Asiago cheese, garlic salt, basil, oregano and pepper, to taste.
2. With an immersion blender, blend soup until creamy or until slightly chunky, to your preference.
3. Garnish with crumbled bacon and cheese.