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Cock a Leekie (Scottish Leek and Potato Soup)

Name: Cock a Leekie (Scottish Leek and Potato Soup)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: leeks, sliced 400 g; potatoes, diced 500 g; onion, chopped 150 g; butter 60 g; vegetable stock 1200 ml; heavy cream 200 ml; fresh chives 20 g; ground nutmeg 3 g; fine salt 6 g; black pepper 5 g

A thick, peppery leek and potato soup finished with cream.

55 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

Cock a leekie is the leek and potato soup that a cook makes when the cupboard is nearly bare, and it was strong enough to keep a cold body working outside. Pepper is the seasoning that matters, in generous quantities and early. It thickens on its own as it cools, so it is thicker the next day than it was at the table.

Ingredients

leeks, sliced400 g
potatoes, diced500 g
onion, chopped150 g
butter60 g
vegetable stock1200 ml
heavy cream200 ml
fresh chives20 g
ground nutmeg3 g
fine salt6 g
black pepper5 g

Directions

1
Sweat the leeks and onion in butter 12 minutes until soft.
2
Add potato and stock; simmer 20 minutes until tender.
3
Blend until smooth; stir in cream and season.
4
Serve with chives and plenty of pepper.

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