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Ingredients
4 medium red potatoes
1 large onion, coarsely
chopped
2 teaspoons snipped
fresh rosemary
1 bulb (not clove -
entire bulb) garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 14 1/2-oz. can chicken
broth
a tablespoon all purpose
flour
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup half-and-half
Optional Garnishes
homemade croutons (see
recipe)
fresh rosemary sprigs
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°
F.
Peel only 2 of the
potatoes (or see "Alternatives" below), then cut
into bite-size cubes and place on one side of a
9x9-inch casserole dish. Clean the other 2 potatoes
with a brush under running water, then cut them into
bite-size cubes. Place unpeeled cubed potatoes on
the other side of the casserole dish.
Sprinkle chopped onion
over potatoes evenly (or see "Alternatives" below).
Sprinkle all potatoes with snipped fresh rosemary.
Peel the dry outer skin
away from the garlic bulb, leaving skins of cloves
in tact. Snip off the pointed top of the garlic bulb
with scissors, leaving the cloves in tact. Place
garlic bulb, cut side up, on top of the potatoes.
Drizzle olive oil over all and cover casserole dish
with aluminum foil. Bake for about 50 minutes or
until garlic cloves feel soft when pressed with a
fork and potatoes are tender and easily pierced with
a fork.
Squeeze the garlic bulb
to remove the garlic paste from the cloves and add
to a food processor or blender. Scoop up the
peeled potatoes and the onions on top of those
potatoes, and place in food processor or blender.
Add 1/2 of the chicken broth, the flour, salt and
pepper. Cover and blend until mixture is nearly
smooth.
Pour the pureed mixture
into a medium saucepan. Stir into the saucepan the
remaining unpeeled cooked potato cubes and onions,
remaining chicken broth and half-and-half. Cook and
stir over medium heat until slightly thickened and
bubbly. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. If soup
seems too thick, gradually add a little more
half-and-half while stirring until you reach desired
consistency. Add salt and pepper to taste if needed.
Alternatives
If you prefer no
skins on your potatoes
Simply peel all 4
potatoes before placing in casserole dish.
If you prefer no onions
in your soup
Sprinkle chopped onions
on only one-half of the potatoes and puree them with
the potatoes.
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