• magnetosphere@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Not a mustard fan, tries mustard soup anyway, discovers something wonderful. This may be a trivial example, but it’s the key to living life!

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      9 months ago

      Saw the post, found a recipe, went out and got stuff… an hour later…

      Recipe calls for 1/2 pound of bacon, but bacon comes in 12 ounce packages and I’ve never gone “Man, why did I make so much bacon?”

      Chop it up, fry it up in some good olive oil, about 10 minutes. Remove to paper towels to drain.

      Recipe calls for 1 white onion and 2 leeks, but we have a ready supply of sweet onions so I used one of those.

      Chopped up, cooked in the bacon grease about 5 minutes or until translucent.

      3 cloves of chopped garlic. Mine were small so I popped in 5 cloves. Cooked another minute or so.

      Add in three tablespoons of the finest stone ground mustard. I used Maille but if you have the time and the know how you can make your own

      3 cups of broth, vegetable or chicken, I used chicken.

      1 cup of heavy cream.

      Cook that up for about 10 minutes or so.

      Mix up a slurry of 2 tablespoons cold water to 1 tablespoon corn starch, stir in as a thickener.

      Simmer until it’s as thick as you like.

      If you like chunky soup, top with bacon and serve.

      If you don’t like chunky soup, use a blender or immersion blender to break up the onions, leeks and garlic, top with bacon and serve.