Soupe Cultivateur (Vegetable Soup with Bacon)

Ingredients

• 400 grammes carrot
• butter
• 1 litre and a half ordinary Consommé
• 2 small potatoes
• 125 grammes lean belly bacon without rind

Instructions

1. Cut 400 grammes of carrot, turnip, leek whites and onion into a fairly large brunoise, without seeking regularity of cut.
2. Stew them in butter gently and for a fair time.
3. Moisten with 1 litre and a half of ordinary Consommé.
4. Halfway through the cooking, add 2 small sliced potatoes and 125 grammes of lean belly bacon without rind, cut in dice or small lardons and well blanched.
5. Serve; the bacon is the garnish of the soup.