Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, leek in my potato soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have leek in my potato soup using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Leek in my potato soup:
- Get 3 large leeks, washed
- Make ready 1 small yellow onion
- Get 3 cloves garlic, pressed or chopped
- Get 2 large baking potatoes
- Take 8 cups water or chicken broth
- Prepare 1 tbsp basil
- Prepare 3 slices bacon (optional)
- Take 1 tsp salt (if no bacon)
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp black pepper
- Get 1 cup milk
- Take 1 stick butter (4 tbsp)
I wanted the leeks to shine, so garlic is sitting in the back seat on this ride. If you must, go ahead and add fresh garlic, too. elevated potato-leek soup Looking at various recipes online, I realized most versions of potato-leek soup are solid… and boring and a little bland. Most are also ridiculously simple, which is certainly a plus, but little time is taken at the start to prep the ingredients to insure the soup has depth of flavor. Simple and creamy Leek and Potato Soup is a French classic that my whole family loves!
Steps to make Leek in my potato soup:
- Get a big pot.. this makes a lot and feel free to cut this in half, works well.wash, peel and slice the potatoes.
- If you opt for bacon (which adds and amazing flavor) cook it now… crispy but not burnt
- Slice the leeks and onions first, and your garlic.. (use the green part of the leeks… adds colour to the soup)melt the butter in the pot on high heat stirring well then add the leeks and onions until they look soft. Add garlic and let cook for a few minutes.. stir making sure nothing burns or sticks
- Toss in the broth or water, potatoes, basil or salt if no bacon.
- Boil and bring to a simmer for 45 mins or until the potatoes are soft.
- Use an immersion blender or transfer mixture to a stand blender until smooth
- Return entire mixture to pot and add milk.. summer for a few minutes until it looks nice and mixed..
- Please enjoy.. this was taken from 100 year old Scottish cook book my family has passed down to me. Serve with a hearty bread
Its easy to make and delicious! I've been on a French food kick lately, and this delicious soup always hits the spot for dinner in our family. If you love soup recipes, I have dozens of great ones like easy Lasagna Soup or this Perfect Corn Chowder. (The soup will be blended so the size and shape don't matter, however the smaller the potato the faster the soup cooks.) Add the potatoes to the pot with the leeks. 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.
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