Polish Sausage Potato Soup

By DWatkins23

This is a great fall soup with sausage, potatoes and onions. I add cheese sometimes too

Ingredients

• 2 smoked sausage (polish or other)
• 1 1/2 T butter
• 1 1/2 T Olive Oil
• 1 onion
• 1 leek
• 1 stalk celery
• 2 medium carrots
• 3 T flour
• 3 medium potatoes
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 t thyme
• 1/4 t pepper
• 4 c chicken stock
• 1 c medium to sharp cheddar cheese or other flavorful strong cheese (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter and add olive oil to pan over medium high heat. Slice sausage on diagonal and add to pan in batches. Cook until browned with a nice crust (not too dark). Remove browned sausage from pan and set aside. Chop onion, leek (be sure to clean well to remove grit), celery and carrots and add to pan used to cook sausage. Season with salt and pepper and cook until vegetables are soft. Add flour and cook briefly. Add chicken stock and remaining spices and stir well. Bring to a boil add sliced, peeled potatoes, return to a boil and reduce to simmer until potatoes are cooked and falling apart. To make soup creamier, take part of soup and whirr in a food processor or use a hand blender. Leave some of the potatoes chunky for texture. Add cooked sausage and cheese if desired. Season to taste.