Irish Potato Soup

Photo: flickr user Joe Shlabotnik

Ingredients

3 lbs. potatoes, peeled

cubed

1 lg. onion, minced

2 pieces celery, sliced thin

1 carrot, sliced thin

1 stick (½ c.) butter

1 cup milk

2 tablespoons flour

Salt

Pepper

2 cups milk

Preparation

Cover potatoes, onion, celery and carrot with water in large pot. Boil until potatoes are soft. Mash potatoes in pot, leaving some chunks. Mix milk with flour; shake well or whip with whisk until mixed. Add 1/2 cup hot potato mixture to milk and shake again. Over medium-low heat, slowly stir flour/milk mixture into pot of potatoes. Add remaining cup of milk. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add stick of butter and let melt before serving.