Ingredients
Scale
- Olive oil
- 1 onion
- 4 potatoes
- 4 slices of uncured bacon
- ½ cup of cream
- 3 tsp of Thé du Tigre
Instructions
- Cut the onion in large pieces. Brown it in olive oil in a medium-sized pot.
- Chop the potatoes and add to the pot. Sprinkle tea into the pot as well.
- Add water to the pot, just above the level of the potatoes.
- While potatoes are cooking, prepare the bacon by frying it until crispy in a pan. Once cooked, set the bacon aside on a plate lined with paper towel.
- Cook the potatoes until soft. Mash them, then pass the mixture through a fine mesh strainer or chinois.
- Return the strained soup to the pot. Add cream, reserving a small about for decoration.
- Season the soup with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add a slice of bacon or crumbled bacon to the bottom of each soup bowl, then fill with soup.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins