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Julia's potato leek soup

Get:
  • 750g Potatoes, chopped
  • 500g Leeks, cleaned and chopped (2x more leeks than potatoes by count, equal parts by weight)
  • 4-8 cloves garlic
  • 6 cups stock (can use chicken or "better than bouillion")
  • 0.5c heavy cream
  • 0.5c creme fraiche
  • 0.3c minced parsley or chive
  • tuning spices: salt, pepper, lemon juice, onion powder, garlic powder, sage, thyme, oregano
Do:
  • Soften / saute potato and leek together in oil, 8 - 12 minutes
  • Add stock and simmer 30-40 minutes at least
  • Blend the soup
  • Taste and tune with salt, pepper, herbs, lemon
  • Reduce heat, add cream
  • Serve garnished with parsley and creme fraiche
  • (Can also stir the creme fraiche and chive into the soup if you feel lazy)

Results:
  • The original recipe called for too many potatoes, so I have adjusted it to call for more leek.
  • The boullion can get pretty salty, cutting it with the cream will level it out.
  • Julia says equal parts potato and leek by weight. Two leeks from zonottos is not even a pound. So I'd say 2:1 leeks to potatoes by count
  • LEEKS CLEANING
    • cleaning leeks is terrible, you should delete this recipe.
    • you will have an "idea" to cut the leeks first and then wash the bits after.
    • this will seem like a good idea. it's not.
    • I suggest breaking up the leek sheets before cutting.
    • breaking up the little pieces after cutting is terrible.
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