Potato and Leek Soup
Potato and Leek Soup

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, potato and leek soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Potato leek soup, or potage parmentier, is a French classic. It's one of the first dishes I learned to make in culinary school, right after a proper omelet, because it's an essential base soup in French cuisine. Add watercress for potage au cresson, serve it chilled for Vichyssoise — or top it with bacon. This leek and potato soup recipe is easy and delicious.

Potato and Leek Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Potato and Leek Soup is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook potato and leek soup using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Potato and Leek Soup:
  1. Take 6 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
  2. Prepare 2 leeks cleaned and chopped, white and light green part
  3. Make ready 1 (14.5 oz) can chicken broth
  4. Take 1 Tbs butter
  5. Prepare 1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Leek and Potato Soup is a thick and creamy classic French Potato Soup that starts with garlic butter in which leeks are slowly sautéed to bring out the sweet flavour. It's simple to make, cosy and comforting yet also luxurious and elegant. I love how this Leek Soup can be Couch Food OR an. A smooth, creamy leek and potato soup that's full of flavour.

Steps to make Potato and Leek Soup:
  1. In 3 qt sauce pan simmer potatoes in chicken broth until very tender
  2. In a skillet melt butter and sauté leeks until tender, do not brown
  3. When potatoes are tender, mash in broth, add leeks and cream
  4. Simmer another 5 to 10 minutes, season with salt and white pepper
  5. If you prefer it very smooth, after adding leeks blend a blender in batches before adding cream

I love how this Leek Soup can be Couch Food OR an. A smooth, creamy leek and potato soup that's full of flavour. Make it into a meal with plenty of bread and butter. Potato leek soup is a clean canvas for the toppings of your choice. Just think about what you might add to a baked potato and go from there.

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