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Potato Leek Soup Recipe

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Ingredients:

  • 5 pounds white potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 2 leeks, bulb only
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • salt to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

Directions:
1 Cook potatoes in chicken stock until soft. Set aside, do not drain.
2 Put potatoes in the work bowl of a food processor in batches. Add 5 cups of chicken stock from the potato cooking pot. Puree until smooth.
3 Half the leeks lengthwise, and soak in water to clean. Finely slice. Saute in butter until transparent. Add white wine, and cook for 3 minutes.
4 In a soup pot, combine remaining cup of chicken stock from the potato cooking pot and sauteed leeks. Stir in pureed potatoes, and bring to a simmer. Season with salt and white pepper. Cook to desired consistency, adding more stock if necessary. Garnish with parsley.

Makes 8 servings





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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Internet/Eleanor Johnson
Submitted By: Marlen
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Potato Leek Soup


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