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Potage Parmentier

Name: Potage Parmentier
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter; 3 leeks, white and light green parts, sliced and washed; 1 onion, diced; 1 lb potatoes, peeled and cubed; 4 cups vegetable or chicken stock; 1 bay leaf; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon white pepper; 1/2 cup cream, optional; 2 tablespoons chopped chives

A smooth, creamy leek and potato soup. Simple, comforting, and endlessly useful.

Serves 4

Prep 10 min

Cook 35 min

Potage Parmentier — Photo: Vegan Feast Catering, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
3 leeks, white and light green parts, sliced and washed
1 onion, diced
1 lb potatoes, peeled and cubed
4 cups vegetable or chicken stock
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 cup cream, optional
2 tablespoons chopped chives

Steps

Step 1. Melt the butter and cook the leeks and onion over low heat for 10 minutes until soft but not browned.
Step 2. Add the potatoes, stock, bay leaf, and salt. Simmer for 20 minutes until the potatoes are very soft.
Step 3. Remove the bay leaf. Blend until smooth with an immersion blender.
Step 4. Stir in the pepper and cream. Top with chives.

Where this recipe comes from

Yoribang French recipes by Yoribang. License: Free to use. View the original (opens in a new tab)

Original Yoribang write-ups of French dishes. Good butter, a decent dry wine, and patience matter more than special equipment. If a recipe calls for wine, cook with something you would drink. Gruyère, Dijon mustard, and herbes de Provence are sold in most supermarkets.