Name: Creamy Smoked Gouda Potato Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon dried basil; 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons butter); 2 cups shredded smoked Gouda cheese; 6 small red potatoes (diced and reserved in cold water to prevent browning); 2 diced carrots; 2 diced celery stalks; 1 white onion (diced); 1 teaspoon garlic-shallot puree (or 2 cloves garlic, crushed); 2 cups heavy cream; 6 cups chicken broth

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This creamy smoked gouda potato soup recipe is one of our family’s favorite winter comfort foods.

If you can’t find smoked gouda, a steakhouse secret to that creamy texture is a processed cheese such as Velveeta.

Creamy Smoked Gouda Potato Soup

Recipe by Jason Hill – CookingSessions.com

Chef Jason Hill shares a creamy smoked gouda potato soup recipe that's perfect for the holidays in this episode of "Chef Tips.'

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 50 mins

Total Time 1 hr 5 mins

Course Soup

Cuisine American

Servings

Ingredients

1 tablespoon dried basil
1/2 stick 4 tablespoons butter
2 cups shredded smoked Gouda cheese
6 small red potatoes diced and reserved in cold water to prevent browning
2 diced carrots
2 diced celery stalks
1 white onion diced
1 teaspoon garlic-shallot puree or 2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 cups heavy cream
6 cups chicken broth

Instructions

Turn stock pot on medium high. Melt butter. Add celery, onion, carrots. Cook down until onions are transluscent. Add basil and garlic-shallot puree. After 3 minutes, add potatoes and stir another 3 minutes.
Carefully pour in 6 cups chicken broth. Boil for 20 minutes, then stir in a roux made from 4 tablespoons flour and 4 tablespoons butter.
Wait a few minutes for the soup to thicken slightly. Add cream. Whisk and simmer for 20 minutes.
Slowly stir in cheese and melt it down. After cheese is melted, pour into bowls and season with salt and fresh cracked pepper.

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