Irish Potato Soup
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 3:26am

Ingredients




3 lbs. potatoes, peeled
cubed
1 lg. onion, minced
2 pieces celery, sliced thin
1 carrot, sliced thin
1 carrot, sliced thin
1 stick (½ c.) butter
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons flour
Salt
Pepper
2 cups milk

Preparation

1 Cover potatoes, onion, celery and carrot with water in large pot. Boil until potatoes are soft. Mash potatoes in pot, leaving some chunks. Mix milk with flour; shake well or whip with whisk until mixed. Add 1/2 cup hot potato mixture to milk and shake again. Over medium-low heat, slowly stir flour/milk mixture into pot of potatoes. Add remaining cup of milk. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add stick of butter and let melt before serving.