🇫🇷 French

Leek Purée

Name: Leek Purée
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Butter; to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 1 tsp Black Peppercorns; 200 ml Milk; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 3 Leek

🇫🇷 French

Over silky potato purée, leek and its sauce make the ultimate bistro plate. About 50 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Butter2 tbsp
Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Black Peppercorns1 tsp
Milk200 ml
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Leek3

Optional extras

Tarragonhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Butter in a heavy casserole and brown the leek well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the leek out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the black peppercorns.
3
Return the leek, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with tarragon right before serving.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lemon just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: French style Leek and potato soup ( good practice for your first soup) · on YouTube