Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, potato & leek soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have potato & leek soup using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Potato & Leek Soup:
- Take 4 Potatoes
- Get 2 Leeks
- Take 3 Mushrooms
- Make ready 1/2 Large Onion
- Take 4 Cloves Garlic
- Get 1 Celery Stalk
- Make ready 4 Slices Thick Cut Bacon
- Prepare 4 1/2 Cups Chicken Stock
- Make ready Black Pepper
- Get Seasoned Salt
- Make ready Creole Seasoning
- Make ready Parsley Flakes
- Prepare Parmesan Cheese
- Take 4 Tbs Butter
- Prepare Half & Half
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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.
Potato is also used to make medicine. This is a traditional potato pancake recipe, and is a wonderful comfort food. Serve with applesauce and sour cream for a light dinner, or with roast chicken for a hearty winter meal. You can use more flour if the mixture seems too wet. Most potato salads look and taste better when made with low-starch red boiling potatoes.
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