Recipe: Perfect Carrot Potato Ham Soup

Carrot Potato Ham Soup. It is loaded with diced ham, potatoes, carrots and celery all simmered in a creamy broth. It is thick, hearty and the perfect meal on a cool winter's day. But first, check out my latest video!

Deliciously creamy Ham and Potato Soup is easy to make and perfect to use up any leftovers! Filled with soft, tender potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, garlic and the option of making your own ham broth from a leftover ham bone! In a large saucepan, combine the potatoes, water, carrot and onion. You can have Carrot Potato Ham Soup using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Carrot Potato Ham Soup

1. Prepare 4 of large carrots.
2. You need 400 of g,450g of peeled potatoes.
3. It's 6 of red onions,2 large white's.
4. It's Half of a tablespoon Dried Basil.
5. Prepare Half of a tablespoon Sea Salt.
6. Prepare 2 of Vegetable Stock Cubes.
7. It's of Cold tap water,or plenty of bottled Mineral water.
8. You need 400 g of cold cooked Ham from a ham joint.

DIRECTIONS Combine potatoes, celery, carrots, onion, ham, and water/broth in stockpot and bring to boil. Then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender. Stir in the chicken bouillon, salt (if using), and pepper. Add remaining ingredients except sour cream and cream.

Carrot Potato Ham Soup instructions

1. Peel and boil carrots for 30 minutes,cook in Vegetable Stock,Sea Salt and Dried Basil,if water evaporates add some more..
2. Peel onions and Maris Piper Potatoes,or New Potatoes (Salad Potatoes),should be done in 20 minutes,if the potatoes are not soft,then boil a little longer.After about 50 minutes it should be cooked,so just allow to cool down..
3. Have a large mixing bowl ready for storing your added bits of blitzed soup.Blitz all ingredients together when either warm,or cold - in a Nutri Ninja electric Blender etc. Add 300ml of cold tap water,or Mineral Water too One portion of your very thick soup and then heat in a medium saucepan on the hob,until it is heated up enough for yourself..

Combine the potatoes, celery, onion, ham and water in a stockpot. Drain, reserving liquid and setting vegetables aside. In the same pan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper; gradually add milk. This delicious and creamy ham and potato soup is made with simple ingredients.