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Leek and potato soup

A classic of French family cooking.

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Last modified on: October 3^rd 2010

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 kg potatoes
2 3 leeks
3 30 g butter
4 2 chicken stock cubes
5 2 litres water
6 1 shallot
7 fine (or table) salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 3,735 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	12 min.	42 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel 1 kg potatoes.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Cut into small pieces, wash and dry in a towel.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Wash 3 leeks.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Cut into small pieces.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

In a very large pan or casserole, melt 30 g butter over a medium fheat then add 1 shallot chopped and salt.

Cook for a minute or two.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Add the potatoes and leeks, mix well.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Add 2 litres water and 2 chicken stock cubes.

Stage 8 - 10 min.

Cook with the lid on until the potatoes are soft (well cooked).

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Blend to give a really smooth soup.

Stage 10

Leek and potato soup : Photo of step #10

Taste to be sure that's sufficiently well salted, add pepper if you like it.

Serve as it is or with a dash of cream and/or croutons (small pieces of toasted or fried bread).

Remarks

For a richer version, you can , before blending, add 300 ml liquid cream.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,348 Kcal or 5,644 Kj	34 gr	244 gr	26 gr
67 %	13 %	23 %	4 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
36 Kcal or 151 Kj	1 gr	7 gr	1 gr
2 %	<1 %	1 %	<1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
337 Kcal or 1,411 Kj	8 gr	61 gr	7 gr
17 %	3 %	6 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.88 €
Per person : 0.72 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to cook pasta properly, Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Paella, Panettone, Classic French white bread, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salt cod brandade, Creamy "terre et mer" pots, Real home-made chips* , "Day After Pork Belly" Soup, Mushroom velouté, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond macaroon cake, Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage, Toffee apple upside-down cake, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All
	Leek: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Breton style shellfish and vegetable soup, Jerusalem artichoke purée with leeks, Chinese Soup, Chicken with rice and leeks, Thaï rice with small vegetables, ... All

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