German Potato Bacon Soup

Ingredients

• 4 slices bacon diced
• 1  bay leaf 
• 0.3 cup butter 
• 1 teaspoon caraway seed 
• 2 quarts chicken broth 
• 1 teaspoon marjoram dried
• 2 tablespoons flour 
• 8 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 4  russet potatoes diced
• 3 ounces cup heavy whipping cream sour
• 2 small onions diced yellow

Equipment

• pot

Directions

1. Melt butter in a stockpot over medium heat; add onions, bacon, and bay leaf. Cook and stir the onion mixture until the onions are nearly clear, 5 to 7 minutes.
2. Pour chicken broth into the pot; add potatoes, flour, marjoram, caraway seed, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
3. Stir sour cream into the soup; cook another 1 to 2 minutes.