Smoky Roasted Potato Soup Food

ROASTED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Place potatoes in large bowl. Snip root end off each onion and cut each half into 3 sections. Add onions to potatoes, breaking up onions with your fingers to separate.
• Drizzle vegetables with oil, add thyme and toss well. Spread vegetables on baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper.
• Slice top third off head of garlic and place it on a piece of foil. Put 1/2 tablespoon butter on top of garlic and drizzle 2 teaspoons water onto foil. Fold sides of foil to enclose; place on pan with vegetables.
• Roast vegetables 45 minutes, then remove garlic. Continue roasting vegetables until tender, about 15 minutes more.
• In large saucepan, bring broth to a simmer over medium-low heat. Transfer half the roasted vegetables to food processor and add 1/2 cup hot broth. Process mixture until fairly smooth, then transfer to bowl. Repeat with remaining vegetables and a little more hot broth, squeezing garlic pulp out of husks into last batch. Stir all pureed mixture into broth in pan; keep pan over low heat.
• In small saucepan, melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter over medium-low heat. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, 1 1/2 minutes. Stir in milk and cook, stirring often, until thickened, about 3 minutes. Stir in ladleful of soup and cook 1 minute.
• Add mixture back to soup. Cook over medium-low heat until heated through, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Serve right away, or cool, refrigerate and reheat when needed.

SMOKY ROASTED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a roasting pan or rimmed baking sheet, toss together peppers, potatoes, garlic, and olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Arrange in a single layer and roast until peppers are tender and potatoes are cooked through, about 25 minutes.
• Peel garlic. Peel, seed, and coarsely chop peppers. Add garlic and peppers to a medium pot, along with potatoes and broth; season with salt and pepper and bring to a simmer over medium-high. Wipe pan clean. With a potato masher or back of a wooden spoon, mash some potatoes and peppers until soup is thick and chunky.
• Add chorizo to reserved pan and roast until fat renders and chorizo is crispy, about 7 minutes. To serve, add chorizo and pan drippings to soup.

SMOKY VEGETARIAN POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon butter and olive oil in a stockpot over medium-low heat. Add onion and cook until browned, about 3 minutes. Add garlic salt, tarragon, and liquid smoke; cook until onion is translucent, 2 to 4 minutes more. Add potatoes and vegetable stock; bring to a boil. Boil until potatoes are tender and stock has been reduced to about 1 cup, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in cornstarch and mix completely, being careful not to burn. Add half-and-half and cook until thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add to potato mixture and heat through, 2 to 3 minutes. Garnish with Cheddar cheese and parsley.

SMOKY PINTO BEAN AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in medium sized slow cooker.
• Cook on high 3 1/2 - 5 hours or on low 8-10 hours.