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Cook bacon in a large saucepan over medium heat until almost crisp; remove to paper towels and crumble. Puree half the soup in a blender (remove the filler cap to let steam escape), then return to the pot. Add the cream and bring to a simmer.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leek and potato soup with bacon using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Leek and Potato soup with bacon:
- Make ready 3 tbsp butter
- Prepare 2 bunch leeks
- Take 2 tbsp minced garlic
- Get 3 medium yellow potatoes
- Prepare 32 oz vegetable broth
- Get 1 cup heavy cream
- Make ready 1 tbsp vinegar
- Prepare 1 cup milk
- Prepare 1 chives
- Get 1 pepper
- Prepare 1 salt
- Make ready 6 slice cooked bacon
The smoky flavor from the bacon gives this soup magnificent depth ā and parsley pesto is an updated version of what many years ago would have been simply chopped parsley. (can use a hand blender or potato masher). Meanwhile, place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Stir the fried leeks, cream and bacon into the potatoes.
Steps to make Leek and Potato soup with bacon:
- Thinly slice leeks and sweat with butter garlic and a pinch of salt for 25 mins
- Peel and dice potatoes add to pot with vegetable broth and bring to boil
- Simmer for 30 mins
- Mix vinegar and milk during the last five mins of simmering
- Remove from heat and mix milk and cream into soup. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Garnish with chives and bacon
In a heavy pan, melt the butter and add the bacon. Cook until the leeks are soft. When the potatoes are tender, stir in the fried leeks, heavy cream, bacon, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Potato leek soup, or potage parmentier, is a French classic. It's one of the first dishes I learned to make in culinary school, right after a proper omelet, because it's an essential base soup in French cuisine.
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