Smoky Potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 heads garlic, roasted
• olive oil
• 7 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 onions, diced
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2 cups carrots, shredded
• 6 russet potatoes, peeled and sliced thinly
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
• 1 teaspoon pureed chipotle chile
• 3/4 teaspoon liquid smoke
• sea salt
• fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 saute onions and fresh garlic in oil in a dutch oven, slowly, over low heat, until the onions are almost caramelized.
• 2 add the cherry tomatoes, and let cook at same temperature while you peel& slice the potatoes.
• 3 add the grated carrot, the potatoes, the stock& water.
• 4 you may need to add more stock or water, if the potatoes are not covered.
• 5 add the chile flakes, and the rubbed sage, and bring to a boil over med-high heat.
• 6 cover and let simmer on low until poatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• 7 add chipotle puree, (simply a can of chipotle peppers pureed- will keep in fridge in a clean jar for roughly a month, and is awesome in all kinds of stuff, especially chili), the roasted garlic, and liquid smoke, salt and pepper to taste.
• 8 puree the soup in the pot using an immersion blender, until creamy.
• 9 hope you like it!
• 10 you can add more heat if you like, by adding more chipotle puree and/or chile flakes.