Cici's Soup | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 3 medium carrots, peeled and thinly sliced crosswise
• 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced crosswise
• kosher salt, to taste
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup dry white wine, such as sauvignon blanc
• 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and chopped into roughly 1-inch-thick chunks
• 3 cups ham, cooked and chopped into small pieces
• 1 bay leaf
• 3/4 cup half-and-half
• parsley, to taste, chopped, for garnish