Years later the house was sold and eventually became a restaurant. The house looked the same from the outside, but when we went in the layout was different. They had taken down walls to allow for a entry on the side, the living room and adjoining dining, sunporch and kitchen all opened up into a large dining room. But the walls that remained entered into bedrooms that had been turned into dining, the one on the North end of the house had been Mom's room. She loved to go there. We'd enjoy a quiet lunch ordering soup or their specialty barbeque. Their potato soup was my favorite thing to order. Very different from the simple one I make, theirs had sausage and cheese that made it heartier. One day I just asked how they made it, and lo and behold they told me! Not the exact measurements but the ingredients. That's all I needed to make this wonderful soup!
RockHouse Barbeque Cheesy Potato Soup makes a generous 8 servings
8 cups potatoes, cut in chunks
6 ounces Velveeta cheese
1 1/4 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
1 small onion, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh minced garlic
1/3 cup butter
2 tablespoons oil
1 lb. Jimmy Dean Breakfast sausage
1/3 cup flour
3 1/2 cups milk or half&half
salt and pepper
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Peel and cube the potatoes, cook them in salted water. When cooked, drain the water and set the cooked potatoes aside.
To prepare the cheese mixture: over medium heat in a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt the 1/3 cup butter with 2 tablespoons oil.
Whisk in 1/3 cup flour...
... and mix for 1 minute.
Slowly add in 1 cup half and half or milk, whisking until well blended.
Now slowly add in the remaining 2-1/2 cups milk or halfand half (if using).
Cook and stir for about 30 seconds; set aside.
In a hot skillet, brown the sausage...
...then add the onion.
Saute until the onion is tender.
Add in the sausage onion mixture along with the salt, pepper, parsley and garlic powder into the cheese milk mixture, and continue cooking until all of the cheese is completely melted.
Good Morning, Im glad to see your up and at em this early morning! I love this post! I am going to try this recipe today. My Mom is coming over later this evening for a girls night (Kurt is flying out to N.C.) and I think I will have this soup on the menu. Hope your staying warm. I certainly am but I have a bit of cabin fever about now!
ReplyDeleteSounds and looks delicious! Oh those flavors...........
ReplyDeleteMy hubby loves to make soup - I am going to send him this recipe. Looks great! sandie
ReplyDeleteDelicious pictures. Thanks for this yummy soup recipe. My mouth watering to see this, can't wait more to taste it. I would like to start to make this recipe right now.
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