Cheese soup with smoked meats

Cheese soup with smoked meats

Ingredients

• smoked pork ribs - 500 g
• soft processed cheese - 160 g
• cream of 33% fat - 200 g
• onion - 1 pc.
• celery stalks - 150 g
• potatoes - 1-2 pcs.
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp l.
• water - 800 ml
• bacon slices (optional)

Directions

1. Cut the pork into separate ribs, fill with water and simmer for 40-45 minutes after boiling. You should make a strong broth. Then you need to get the ribs and cut the meat off them.
2. Finely chop the onion, chop the celery, dice the potatoes. In a saucepan, fry the onion and celery until almost completely cooked in olive oil, and then add the potatoes there and also lightly fry. Add tomato paste to the vegetables and keep on fire for another 2 minutes.
3. Pour in the broth and simmer the soup until the vegetables are soft. At the end of cooking, add cheese, parsley or dill.
4. Fry thin slices of bacon in a skillet without oil until crispy.
5. The soup will look delicious if garnished with bacon chips and sprinkled with grated cheese.