Thick Potato and Bacon Soup

Ingredients

• 2 slices streaky bacon
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 lb potato
• 1 lb onion
• 1 pint chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

1. Peel and cut potatoes and onions coarsely.
2. Chop Bacon and fry.
3. In a stock pot/soup pan add potatoes, onions and butter and slowly cook with a lid on until they start to go soft.
4. Add bacon, stock and season with salt and pepper.
5. Cook for approximately 25 minutes.
6. Once cooked use a blender until the soup takes on a relatively smooth consistancy.