Mashed soup with bacon

To prepare the soup, first prepare the vegetables. Peel and rinse onions, carrots, garlic and potatoes.
Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan and add the chopped potatoes. Very finely, as usual, cut into soup, do not cut. Since we will grind everything later anyway. Just cut the potatoes into pieces and dip them into boiling water. Cook it until tender.
Chop the onion, grate the carrots. Fry the chopped onions and carrots in a hot frying pan with the addition of a small amount of vegetable oil.
When the potatoes are cooked, put them together with water in a blender. Add to it fried onions and carrots. Add a few cloves of garlic. Add a little salt and spices to taste. You can add a little ground black pepper. Cover the blender with a lid and turn it on for a couple of minutes, so that all the products are crushed and turned into a homogeneous puree.
Then pour everything back into the pan. Add a little cream to the soup. Stir and bring to a boil. Turn off and cover with a lid. Let it stand for 5 minutes, infuse.
At this time, separately cut the bacon into pieces 3-5 cm wide. It is not necessary to cut very large ones, since small ones will be more convenient to eat in soup. Preheat the pan to a hot state. Put the sliced bacon on it and fry for a couple of minutes on both sides. It is not necessary to add oil during frying, since bacon is fat enough and fat will be released from it during frying.
Pour the finished soup into serving plates, and pour a little fried bacon into the cent. If desired, when serving, you can sprinkle the soup with fresh herbs.
Serve the soup immediately hot.
Bon appetit!

I usually add various other vegetables to this soup, such as zucchini, bell peppers, tomatoes. And if you need to make it more satisfying, then you can add a little boiled pork or poultry meat.