Red Potato And Leek Soup Recipes

LEEK POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Chop the leeks into small pieces.
• In a 6-quart saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the leeks and a heavy pinch of salt and sweat for 5 minutes. Decrease the heat to medium-low and cook until the leeks are tender, approximately 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the potatoes and the vegetable broth, increase the heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and gently simmer until the potatoes are soft, approximately 45 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and puree the mixture with an immersion blender until smooth. Stir in the heavy cream, buttermilk, and white pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning if desired. Sprinkle with chives and serve immediately, or chill and serve cold.

POTATO LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium Dutch oven, heat the oil and butter over medium heat. Add the potatoes, leeks and celery. Cook, stirring, until the leeks are tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Stir in the chicken broth, thyme sprigs, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, uncovered, until the potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove the thyme sprigs. Transfer about 4 cups of the soup to a blender. Remove the top insert from the lid and cover with a kitchen towel. Puree until smooth, 30 seconds. Add to Dutch oven with the remaining chunky soup. Stir in the cream and cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until the soup is slightly thickened, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Season the soup with more salt and pepper. Garnish with celery leaves, hot sauce, prepared fried onions and another drizzle of heavy cream, if you like.

EASY LEEK AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add stock, potatoes, leeks, parsley, bouquet garni, bouillon cube, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Remove soup from heat; discard bouquet garni. Puree soup in the pot using a hand blender.

CREAMY RED POTATO LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Fry the bacon until brown and crispy. Remove to paper towels to drain. (Leave the bacon grease in the pan). When they're cooled, cut the strips into small pieces.
• Meanwhile, boil potatoes in a large pot for about 10 minutes or until soft. Drain.
• Sauté the leeks (in the same pan you used to cook the bacon) until lightly browned.
• Add the butter and flour to the sautéed leeks, stirring for about 5 minutes or so, until the butter melts and the flour is cooked.
• Add the broth and stir until mixture thickens. Add the half and half (you may need to add more, depending on how thin or thick you like it).
• Add potatoes, herbs, garlic powder and bacon into the soup; add salt and pepper to taste. Simmer covered for about 15-20 minutes Add the cheese at the very end and stir until it melts. Serve with crusty bread.

RED POTATO AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• in a dutch oven, saute olive oil and diced bacon over medium high heat until bacon is crisp.
• add butter and leeks and saute until they are soft.
• add potatoes and saute 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• add the vegetable broth, water, salt and white pepper and bring to a boil then reduce heat to simmer covered 15 minutes.
• when potatoes are soft and breaking apart, reduce heat and stir in half and half.
• simmer 10 minutes and serve.

RED POTATO LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a 10L pot on the stove top on medium-high heat. Once hot add olive oil so that it covers the bottom of the pot. Add onion, leek, parsnip and celery, stirring frequently.
• When vegetables have begun to brown (about 5 minutes), add a little water to the pot to keep them from burning.
• Add garlic, potatoes, salt, pepper and rosemary. Pour in enough water so that the potatoes are just covered. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Once boiled, turn the pot down to a simmer (low heat). Allow to simmer for forty minutes or so, stirring and occasionally checking the doneness of the potatoes. When potatoes are soft enough to be easily cut with a spoon remove pot from heat.
• Using a hand-blender blend the soup until no chunks remain. The consistency can be adjusted by adding more water if necessary. Add more salt if needed.Enjoy.

POTATO LEEK SOUP WITH CABBAGE

Steps:

• In a large pot, melt the butter on low heat.
• Add in your chopped onion and simmer until they start to turn translucent.
• Add in your leeks and garlic, stir, and cover.
• Simmer for 5-8 minutes or until the leeks are softened.
• Add the cabbage, stir, and let simmer covered another 5-8 minutes until soft.
• Add your potatoes, broth, thyme, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil.
• Turn the heat down and simmer covered until potatoes are cooked (15-20 minutes depending on the size of your potatoes).
• Add salt and pepper as desired.

REAL POTATO LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large saucepan with water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook until tender. Meanwhile, saute leeks in butter until translucent.
• When potatoes are done, skin them while they are still hot and cut them into bite sized pieces. Place potatoes into a stock pot with chicken broth and leeks. season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat until simmering, then remove from heat and stir in milk. Serve immediately.