Red Jacket Potato and Tasty Cheddar Soup

Ingredients
- 25 g butter
- 1 medium sized onion, roughly chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 500 g Wilcox red jacket potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
- 500 ml chicken stock
- 100 g tasty cheddar cheese
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 100 ml cream
- prawns (optional)
- chives (optional)
- paprika (optional)
Method
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1. Melt butter in a large pot. Add onions, garlic and cayenne pepper and sweat on low heat for 5 minutes. Add potatoes, 500ml water and stock, turn up heat and bring to the boil.
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2. Turn down and simmer for 25 minutes until potatoes are soft when pierced with knife.
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3. Stir in the cheese, salt and cream and bring back to a simmer. Remove from heat.
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4. Blend in food processor until smooth.
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5. To serve, reheat, stirring continually in a heavy based pot.