[CH] Potato,Leek,Broccoli Soup
Doug Irvine (dirvin@bc.sympatico.ca)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:28:26 -0800
Last night I did another soup, because I happened to have all the
ingredients handy, so here it is: Potato, Leek & Broccoli soup, and the
heat is in Calvin's chile powder!
2 tbls butter or margarine
2 good sized leeks, white part mostly
3 stalks of broccoli
2 medium size russet potatoes
4 garlic cloves
3 cups chicken stock
1 cup whole milk
1 tsp Calvins or JimC Sr's hab powder....use your own discretion as
to how much heat!
salt to taste
Halve the leeks, lengthwise, and soak in a few changes of water to
remove sand, remove most of the green part, and separate the rest, then
slice crosswise and drain. Peel and chop the garlic cloves...heat the
butter or marg in a skillet or in the soup pot that you are going to do
the soup in, and sweat the leeks and the garlic, on very low, while you
do the rest of this.
Peel the potatoes, and cut into chunks, and in another pot, bring the
stock to a boil, drop in the potato chunks and cook for about ten
minutes. Cut the broccoli into flowerlets, and chop the stems, and after
the ten minutes, add to the potatoes, cook for another five to ten
minutes....let this cool a bit and put it through either a food
proccessor or a large blender in batches, until it is all smooth, and
add to the leek and garlic mix. Add the chile powder, and salt and taste
for how YOU like it, then add the milk, and re-heat, do not let it boil.
This is a thick, very satisfying soup, with a great flavour(flavor?)
Enjoy....THIS IS A WELL TESTED RECIPE!!!!! Cheers,Doug in BC