LEEK AND POTATO SOUP RECIPE

Leek and Potato Soup Recipe

Ingredients

4 large leeks sliced and washed

3 medium potatoes, peeled, washed and diced

1 1/2 pints chicken or vegetable stock

2 0z butter or 2 tablespoons of olive oil

salt and pepper

fresh herb of your choice

Method

Put olive oil in a pan or melt butter in the pan

Add leeks and potatoes, cook on low heat for 15 minutes with lid on the pan , called sweating the vegetables

Add the stock, salt and pepper, simmer for 20 minutes, until everything is soft

Liquidise half the soup and return to the pan

serve and sprinkle with herbs

Variations

1 Liquidise all the soup

2 Do not liquidise at all

3 Put in 1 pint of stock and 1/2 pint of milk

4 Add cream at the end of cooking

5 Serve with your favourite grated cheese

6 Make double and put in the freezer

Leek and Potato Soup Recipe