Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, potato & leek soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
The potato is a root vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum, and the plant itself is a perennial in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Wild potato species, originating in modern-day Peru, can be found throughout the Americas, from the United States to southern Chile. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated by indigenous peoples of.
Potato & Leek Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Potato & Leek Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook potato & leek soup using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Potato & Leek Soup:
- Prepare 4 Potatoes
- Take 2 Leeks
- Get 3 Mushrooms
- Get 1/2 Large Onion
- Get 4 Cloves Garlic
- Prepare 1 Celery Stalk
- Prepare 4 Slices Thick Cut Bacon
- Make ready 4 1/2 Cups Chicken Stock
- Get Black Pepper
- Take Seasoned Salt
- Take Creole Seasoning
- Prepare Parsley Flakes
- Get Parmesan Cheese
- Make ready 4 Tbs Butter
- Get Half & Half
Potato definition, the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family. Overview Information Potato is a plant. The fleshy part of the root (potato) is commonly eaten as a vegetable. Potato is also used to make medicine.
Steps to make Potato & Leek Soup:
- Get a pot of water boiling for the potatoes immediately. Bring to a boil while washing and prepping veggies. Slowly cook bacon while preforming afore mentioned tasks.
- Remove bacon and allow to drain. Place veggies into bacon fat and sauté. Season. After sweating vegetables, add in chicken stock. Bring to a boil, then a slow simmer.
- Remove potatoes and mash with butter and Half & Half. The amount of liquid will depend on the size of the potatoes. Feel it out. Season. Add mashed potatoes to soup and whisk in.
- After brought back to a simmer, add in Half & Half. Use enough to make it change color. Chop three slices of bacon and add to soup. (If you don’t have enough Chicken Stock, you can use some of the potato water, by the way).
- Plate. Finish with parsley flakes, a bit of grated Parmesan cheese and some of the remaining piece of bacon.
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