Ham and Potato Soup for a cozy winter night

To start, dice two carrots, one stalk of celery, one medium onion, 2 cups diced smoked ham in a large pot over medium heat, add two tablespoons of butter, once the butter has melted, add the vegetables and then the hand. Add three cloves of minced garlic, so place the vegetables in the butter for about five to six minutes or until they begin to soften. Now add a quarter cup of all-purpose flour and continue cooking on medium heat for about three minutes. the flour and then add a splash of cold chicken broth, we don't want the flour to get lumpy, stir, add a little more and stir, at this point we can add the rest of the chicken broth, now turn up the Heat to medium -high.

We are also going to add two cups of water. Now we will let it simmer for about fifteen minutes. In the meantime, let's go ahead and prepare the

potato

es. We are going to cut the

potato

es into cubes of approximately half an inch. Let's soak the potatoes. in cold water until needed after 15 minutes drain the water from the potatoes and add to the

soup

and we are going to put the potatoes in for about 15 to 20 minutes, taste it and see if we need to add salt, it depends on how salty. your ham you may or may not need to add more salt, we are going to add a pinch of salt to taste and after 20 minutes the potatoes should be ready, we are going to taste mm-hmm, yes, they are ready, it's time to season. add a pinch of cayenne pepper, freshly ground black pepper to taste, at this point also taste and adjust the salt, but mine is perfect now to make the

soup

richer and a little thicker, let's mash it with a masher potatoes. but we don't want to mash it all up, we want to have chunks of potato in a potato soup, then half a cup of heavy cream, stir and as soon as the heavy cream is nice and warm, we're ready to serve, which only takes a few seconds this soup It is so delicious that every time I make it it is finished in minutes and to finish it is decorated with fresh chives and now you are ready to eat there, you have it ham and potato soup, enjoy a taste.