Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 6 medium large potatoes or 8 smaller ones (diced)
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 16 oz = 450 g smoked ham (diced)
- 1 cup of fresh celery root (diced or 1 can cream of celery soup)
- 16 oz = 0.5 l chicken broth or 1 can chicken broth
- 4 garlic cloves (smashed)
- black pepper to taste
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (I used white cheddar cheese but any type would do just as great)
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 16 oz 450 g bacon slices (cooked)
- handful parsley (chopped)
- For the homemade chicken broth:
- 8 small chicken backs
- 1 onion (whole)
- handful parsley
- 3 medium carrots
Instruction
- To make your homemade chicken broth: Place chicken backs in a large pot with carrots, whole onion and parsley and cover with 1 1/5 gallon = 6 l water. Boil, skim then turn heat down to a simmer. Continue simmering for 3 hours, skimming if necessary. Strain through a sieve.
- Wash, peel and dice the potatoes. Place in a large sieve, wash again thoroughly and strain.
- Place in the bottom of a medium large pot.
- Add onion, ham, celery root, chicken broth and cover in water.
- Bring to a boil then turn the heat on low and cook for about 1 hour or until potatoes are tender.
- 15 minutes before turning the heat off, add garlic, black pepper and half the cheese.
- Whisk together flour and milk in a small bowl and pour into the pot.
- Garnish with the remaining cheese, bacon bits and chopped parsley (or dill, it works great too!).
