Soup recipe intermission
I know a few people who absolutely rave about potato leek soup. I did not usually include myself in their ranks. I used to think they were crazy. I tried making it once, and maybe it was just a bad recipe, but I thought it was flavorless and quite terrible. Since then, my response to potato leek soup has been, "Eh. Whatever."
Until tonight. Since I had one night and one night only in Cleveland on Epic Roadtrip 2010, I decided last minute to see if KPA was around for a last minute dinner. And she was! So, it was decided that we would have soup, salad and bread for dinner (with "tunnel of fudge" cake supplied by KPA) at la casa de cynic51 and xhollydayx (who was sadly not around, but instead attending a conference in Kansas City). Potato Leek soup was suggested, and since cynic51 has a recipe that he swears by, we decided to go for it (even though inside, I was secretly not convinced.)
But now I am! The soup was super easy to make, and super delicious. No source for the recipe could be found, other than noting that it's on a note card in xhollydayx's handwriting. It's a pretty flexible recipe in that if you need to make more, just add more potato and leek and liquid to taste.
Enjoy!
2 TBSP butter
1-2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 leeks, chopped
2 potatoes, peeled and chopped into cubes (I left the skins on)
4 cups chicken broth
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 pint milk
1--Clean and chop leeks.
2--Melt butter in soup pot. Add chopped leeks and garlic. Fry over low heat until leeks are soft (roughly 10 minutes.)
3--Peel and chop potatoes.
4--Add all the remaining ingredients (EXCEPT MILK) to the pan. Bring to a boil, and then let it simmer for 15-17 minutes.
5--Just before serving, pour milk in. If freezing, don't add milk to whole batch, and instead add 3 TBSP to each bowl individually.
Tomorrow, the last leg of Epic Roadtrip 2010, and the start of "tigerlily_blue takes Atlanta, Part Deux"!
Until tonight. Since I had one night and one night only in Cleveland on Epic Roadtrip 2010, I decided last minute to see if KPA was around for a last minute dinner. And she was! So, it was decided that we would have soup, salad and bread for dinner (with "tunnel of fudge" cake supplied by KPA) at la casa de cynic51 and xhollydayx (who was sadly not around, but instead attending a conference in Kansas City). Potato Leek soup was suggested, and since cynic51 has a recipe that he swears by, we decided to go for it (even though inside, I was secretly not convinced.)
But now I am! The soup was super easy to make, and super delicious. No source for the recipe could be found, other than noting that it's on a note card in xhollydayx's handwriting. It's a pretty flexible recipe in that if you need to make more, just add more potato and leek and liquid to taste.
Enjoy!
2 TBSP butter
1-2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 leeks, chopped
2 potatoes, peeled and chopped into cubes (I left the skins on)
4 cups chicken broth
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 pint milk
1--Clean and chop leeks.
2--Melt butter in soup pot. Add chopped leeks and garlic. Fry over low heat until leeks are soft (roughly 10 minutes.)
3--Peel and chop potatoes.
4--Add all the remaining ingredients (EXCEPT MILK) to the pan. Bring to a boil, and then let it simmer for 15-17 minutes.
5--Just before serving, pour milk in. If freezing, don't add milk to whole batch, and instead add 3 TBSP to each bowl individually.
Tomorrow, the last leg of Epic Roadtrip 2010, and the start of "tigerlily_blue takes Atlanta, Part Deux"!