Potato and Leek Soup..yummo!

[nhatsta]

Name of Recipe: Potato and Leek Soup
Number of People: 4 adults
Ingredients:

Ingredients:
4 potatoes washed, peeled, cubed
1 leek, white part only. Cut lengthways, rinsed and soaked in water to remove grit. Then roughly chopped
500g water
2 cloves garlic
1/2 small onion quartered
25g  unsalted butter
1 tblspn vegie stock OR 1 tspn vegie stock and 1 tspn chicken stock powder
2 tblspn cream or more depending on taste
Pepper to taste

Preparation:

Add garlic, leek and onion into TM. Chop speed 5 for 5 sec
Add butter to TM and cook 6 min/varoma/speed 1, make sure MC is OFF
Add potatoes, water, stock and cook 25 min/100deg/speed 1, make sure MC is OFF
Add Cream to taste, and blend for 10 sec going slowly from speed 1 to speed 7 to avoid excessive splashing.
Pour into bowl and add pepper to taste.

Yummy with croutons or crispy bacon bits sprinkled on top and some crusty bread on the side!

P.S. This is my first recipe post so fingers crossed you like this recipe as much as I do

comments from members

djinni373 - A teaspoon of stock concentrate is more than enough for us and I threw in some fresh parsley at the end. Yummy with toasted home made ciabatta. Quick and easy too.

thermo18 - such a lovely flavour and will be making again.

LouLouB - Has a great taste. Mine was like potato puree at first,  so think my 4 potatoes may have been too big, but nothing that some extra cream & a dash of milk couldn't sort out. Tasty!

Sparky606 -  We (DH and I) think it could do with more leek. Ours fed 2 adults but probably wouldn't have fed much more.
Was still very yummy and definitely recommended.

floweryspring - Used 2 leeks. 2 big and 1 small potato but was still too thick so I added some hot water and more cream. DELICIOUS!

[*suzanne*]

This sounds nice and well done on your first recipe post 

[obbie]

Yummy

Potato and leek soup is my favorite

[nhatsta]

Thank you Suzanne and Obbie for your kind words.
I have been sick lately and this recipe has been an easy, kids-will-ask-for thirds recipe!

[djinni373]

Made this for dinner for 4 last night. A teaspoon of stock concentrate is more than enough for us and I threw in some fresh parsley at the end. Yummy with toasted home made ciabatta. Quick and easy too. Thanks nhatsta

[thermo18]

We had this soup for lunch, DD just loved this and hasn't left much for tomorrow, she tells me she doesn't like soup yeah right was such a lovely flavor and will be making again.

[LouLouB]

Also made this soup for lunch today. Has a great taste. Mine was like potato puree at first,  so think my 4 potatoes may have been too big, but nothing that some extra cream & a dash of milk couldn't sort out. Tasty!

[Sparky606]

Just made this soup with some bread. We (DH and I) think it could do with more leek.
Ours fed 2 adults but probably wouldn't have fed much more.
Was still very yummy and definitely recommended

[floweryspring]

Made this for dinner tonight. Used 2 leeks. 2 big and 1 small  potatoes.  But was still to thick so I added some hot water and more cream. DELICIOUS!  Will definitely be making again. Thanks.

[Mama Fergie]

I just made this soup and I don't know what went wrong but it has a strong fflavour of raw garlic. I used 2 cloves of garlic  but quite large ones a whole onion and 6 potatoes as I increased the liquid to 750gm. I followed the recipe adding cream and cooked bacon.
I previously made this and loved it. Today I increased the sautéing time to 8 minutes and cooked for 28 minutes instead of 25 as I had increased the quantity. I am disappointed but DH will still eat it and maybe it will taste better when the flavour has time to develop but I don't think the raw garlic taste will disappear.

[Cornish Cream]

That is so disappointing MF.Especially as you had made it before.

[judydawn]

What a shame MF.  That's where I find the confit of garlic so handy, no raw taste as it's already cooked.  Do make yourself a batch, it saves time too as you only have to dive into the jar with a spoon 

[Mama Fergie]

Thanks for that Judy I will certainly be making the confit garlic. 
Because of the quantity of leek, garlic and onion I should have sautéed them on the stove.
Won't make the same mistake again. I actually cooked some more bacon and blitzed it through the soup and although it doesn't taste like it should it has made a huge difference as the garlic is no longer overpowering.

[Bedlam]

I love the confit garlic too.  Do you find you add more Judy because it is so easy? I haven't had an overpowering taste even though I do tend to add probably twice the amount I used to.
Glad you rescued your soup Norma.

[judydawn]

No I stick to the quantity in the recipe Denise, my bulbs are quite big though so I feel 1 is often enough unless they are smaller.
MF, I cook leek really well as I feel it's what gives a dish that raw taste.