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Smoked gouda potato soup is a creamy soup with smoked gouda cheese, potatoes and bacon. The ingredients are slowly cooked in a heavy based pot and then pureed until smooth and creamy. This one may become your winter comfort-food favorite!
This smoked gouda potato soup is a quick and easy recipe that can be made in under an hour! This is one of those recipes where you can substitute or add some ingredients, like bacon, another kind of cheese, green onions, garlic etc. Smoked gouda cheese is added to the soup just before serving to provide an extra boost of flavor.
What is Gouda Cheese?
Gouda is a type of cheese that is originally from Gouda, Netherlands.
Gouda cheese is a hard and processed cheese. It is creamy and semi-soft in texture. The color can range from ivory to pale yellow to deep yellow with a light brown rind. Gouda has a slightly sweet taste with hints of nuttiness, caramel, or butterscotch. In many countries it’s one of the most popular cheeses in the world, which means they produce it in large volumes every year.
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Smoked Gouda Potato Soup
- Total Time: 40 minutes
Description
Smoked Gouda Potato Soup is a creamy and smooth soup that is perfect for a cold day. This soup has a rich flavor, without being too heavy.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp salted butter
- 1.5 tsp canola oil
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped carrot
- 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 5 cups cubed peeled yellow potatoes (1 inch)
- 6 cups no-salt-added chicken broth
- 1 cup shredded smoked Gouda cheese
- 1/2 cup milk (2%)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Toppings: Shredded smoked Gouda cheese, sliced green onion and smoked paprika
Instructions
In a deep sauce pan, heat butter with olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add celery, onions, carrots and garlic to the pot. Sauté until softened which will take about 5 minutes.
To your pan, add potatoes and broth.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer, uncovered for about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Mix the cup of smoked Gouda cheese, milk, pepper, salt and turmeric. Stir the mixture until it is thoroughly combined. Keep stirring for about 4 minutes, then remove from heat.
Use an immersion blender to purée the mixture until smooth.
Ladle into a bowl and serve with toppings.
Notes
If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can use a regular blender to purée soup in small batches, make sure that the blender is less than half full of soup when you’re blending it. Leave the lid open while blending, just cover it with a dish towel. This will allow the heat escape while also preventing hot soup from spraying out of the top of the blender. Pour the blended soup into a clean pot.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Soup
Keywords: smoked gouda potato soup
