Sunday, July 19, 2009

Potato, Leak and Mushroom soup

Ingredients
  • 6 medium potatoes
  • 3 leek stalks
  • 300ml cream
  • 2 onions
  • 250gm sliced mushrooms
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • butter
  • salt

Process
  1. Dice onions and put in pot with butter. Stir onions on a medium heat until soft and clear.
  2. Add stock and salt and bring to the boil.
  3. Add diced potatoes, leek and mushroom.
  4. Simmer, stirring occasionally until potato is soft.
  5. Blend the soup until smooth.
  6. Add cream and heat through until thick.
  7. Grind some pepper on top.
Serves 6

Alternatives
* Serve with some crispy prosciutto on top
or
* Put in 2 gloves of roasted garlic before blending.
or
* Add a spear of asparagus in with the potato