Glatte Kartoffelsuppe (Smooth Potato Soup)
10 medium size potatoes (white potatoes, peeled and cubed) 1 pound of bacon (real bacon not the already cooked) 3 stalks of celery (chopped) 1 large yellow onion (chopped) 4 cloves of garlic (chopped) 4 tablespoon of butter 4 cups of good chicken stock 1/4 pound of butter (one stick) 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt 1 teaspoon tarragon 1/4 cup of all purpose flour 1 cup heavy cream How you cook this and prepare the soup depends on your needs. It is possible to make this soup in less than 30 minutes but to me the best way is in a slow cooker, overnight, prepared in two separate steps. That is how I present it here. In a skillet cook the bacon. You want it crisp enough to easily chop the bacon into small pieces. In the mean tome you have a slow cooker set on high and one slice of the uncooked bacon goes into the slow cooker, the rest in the skillet. While the bacon is cooking chop the onion, garlic, and celery. As the bacon cooks take out the slices that have cooked forst, c...