Vichyssoise Recipe

  British Soup

Ingredients:
by weight
8 oz Peeled sliced white flesh potato
8 oz Leek white part, halved, cleaned and sliced into 1/2 inch peices.
8 oz cooking onion quartered and sliced (1 med)
(optional
8 oz cauliflower choped)
by volume
4 cups chicken stock
1 cup 35% cream
A few tbsp unsalted butter
salt and white pepper

Directions:
Melt 2 tbsp of butter in a hot pan.
Add potato leek onion and cauliflowerif using.
season with salt and pepper and saute lightly for
3 -4 minutes.
Add chicken stock, bring all to a boil and reduce heat and simmer until vetables are cooked soft.
Puree in a blender or food mill.
Re-heat and mix in cream.
Chill thoroughly, re-season and serve chilled, garnish with chopped chive or fine chopped green onion.
very high fat and cholesterol
The cauliflower really is good in it.

Vichyssoise
 

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