French

Soupe Poireaux-Pommes de Terre (Leek and Potato Soup)

Name: Soupe Poireaux-Pommes de Terre (Leek and Potato Soup)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 leeks, white and light green parts; 4 potatoes; 1 onion; 2 tbsp olive oil; 6 cups vegetable broth; 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Colette @colette_lyon

Soupe Poireaux-Pommes de Terre (Leek and Potato Soup) is French home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Easy High fiber Vegetarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 leeks, white and light green parts
4 potatoes
1 onion
2 tbsp olive oil
6 cups vegetable broth
1 bay leaf
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Heat the olive oil in a large pot and cook the sliced leeks and chopped onion over medium-low heat until soft and translucent, about 10 minutes.
Add the diced potatoes, the vegetable broth, and the bay leaf, and bring to a boil.
Lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 20 minutes, until the potatoes fall apart easily when pressed with a spoon.
Fish out the bay leaf, then mash the soup roughly with a fork, or blend part of it for a creamier texture, letting the potato starch alone thicken it.
Season with the salt and pepper and ladle into bowls while hot.

Watch how to cook Soupe Poireaux-Pommes de Terre (Leek and Potato Soup)

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Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Soupe Poireaux-Pommes de Terre (Leek and Potato Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
  
  40 min
Something cool and fresh
- Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Soupe Poireaux-Pommes de Terre (Leek and Potato Soup) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Soupe Poireaux-Pommes de Terre (Leek and Potato Soup)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 220 kcal
Protein: 4 g
Carbs: 36 g
Fat: 7 g
Fiber: 5 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 1020 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Soupe Poireaux-Pommes de Terre (Leek and Potato Soup) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.