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Is it soup weather where you live? Or is it sunny and 75 degrees outside?  Well, it’s been snowing off and on all day here and the tempature is going to drop to below zero tonight. 
Soup weather!!! 
Tonight I made Baked Potato Soup topped with Cheese and crisp Capocollo.

 

 

 

Recipe Follows The Pictures:

Baked Potato Soup
4 large baking potatoes
5 slices bacon
1/2 cup butter
1 large onion, diced
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
6 cups milk
2 teaspoons coarse salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 cups (6-ounces) grated cheddar cheese, divided*
5 thinly sliced capocollo

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Scrub potatoes well and prick several times with fork; bake approximately 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. Remove from oven and let cool. When cool, cut in half lengthwise and peel and dice into medium size cubes and set aside. Discard skins.

Cook bacon until crisp. Drain, reserving drippings, crumble, and set aside.

In a large soup pot over low heat, add reserved bacon dripping and butter. Add onion and saute approximately 4 to 5 minutes until soft. Stir in flour until well combined; cook for several minutes, but do not let brown. Gradually add milk and bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add potato pulp, salt, pepper, crumbled bacon, and 1 cup cheese. Stir and cook until cheese is melted. Add extra milk, if necessary, for desired thickness.

To serve, use individual soup bowls garnished with a pinch of cheese and diced capocollo

This is my home-made version of Carl’s Jr’s, California Roast Beef Star, and I want to say thank you to the late Carl Karcher, (January 16, 1917 – January 11, 2008) for creating one of my favorite sandwiches..

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

• 1 potato bun split
• 3 ounces thinly sliced deli roast beef
• 1 whole Ortega chile
• 1 slice swiss cheese
• 1 Tbl olive oil

Directions

1. add olive oil to hot pan
2. add roast beef and chile   
3. heat raost beef  and chile till the chile browned
4. toast the bun
5. pile roast beef on one half of the bun
6. place chile on roast beef
7. place slice of swiss cheese on other half of bun
8. place under broiler for 1 minute or till cheese melts