Leek and Potato Soup

Name: Leek and Potato Soup
Ingredients: 1 big, fat leek, or 2 slightly slimmer ones; 1 smallish onion; 2 small-to-medium new potatoes; 1 tablespoon butter; 3 cups water, or more as needed; Salt; Freshly ground pepper; 1–2 tablespoons heavy cream (optional)

December 9, 2011

This is really another take on the preceding vegetable soup, but it differs enough in detail to warrant a full-dress recipe. It is without question one of my favorite soups, and I usually plant a couple of rows of leeks in my garden so I can indulge myself at a moment’s notice. This is one soup in which I prefer to use water rather than stock, so that nothing interferes with the sweet, pronounced flavor of the leeks.

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