Potato And Leek Soup With White Truffle Recipes

LEEK POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Chop the leeks into small pieces.
• In a 6-quart saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the leeks and a heavy pinch of salt and sweat for 5 minutes. Decrease the heat to medium-low and cook until the leeks are tender, approximately 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the potatoes and the vegetable broth, increase the heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and gently simmer until the potatoes are soft, approximately 45 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and puree the mixture with an immersion blender until smooth. Stir in the heavy cream, buttermilk, and white pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning if desired. Sprinkle with chives and serve immediately, or chill and serve cold.

POTATO LEEK SOUP RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Melt butter on medium heat in a large pot. Add the chopped leeks and stir until coated with butter.
• Cover the pot and lower heat, cook for around 10 minutes until the leeks have softened.
• Increase to medium-high. Add garlic, potatoes, salt, and pepper. Cook for 1 minute, then add vegetable broth, water, thyme, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and cover pot with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are tender and easily speared by a fork.
• Uncover and remove thyme and bay leaf.
• Use an immersion or countertop blender to blend the soup until smooth.
• Stir in chives and hot sauce (optional).
• Allow to cool 2 minutes and serve.
• Enjoy!

POTATO-AND-LEEK SOUP WITH WHITE TRUFFLE

Steps:

• Remove the outer leaves and the coarse green part from the leeks. Split them lengthwise and rinse well. Slice thinly, keeping the green and white parts separate.
• Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter in a soup pot set over medium heat and add the bacon. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the bacon is cooked but not browned. (Lower the heat if necessary.) Add the white part of the leeks and the celery and cook, stirring, until tender, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the wine and simmer until the liquid is reduced by half. Add the potatoes, stock, thyme and garlic. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer and cook until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Add the green part of the leeks and cook a few minutes, until just tender but still bright green.
• Remove and discard the bacon and thyme sprig. Working in batches, puree the soup, adding the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter to the blender as you work. Return the soup to the pot and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Just before serving, reheat the soup and whisk in the truffle oil. Cut the truffle into slivers and stir it in. Serve with croutons if desired.

POTATO-LEEK SOUP WITH WHITE TRUFFLE HONEY

Steps:

• *Preparing the leeks: Chop the leeks. Place in a bowl full of cold water and allow them to sit for 20 minutes. Drain the leeks, pat dry and chop roughly. *Sauteeing the vegetables: Set a large stockpot over medium heat. Pour in 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the onion and garlic to the hot oil and cook, stirring to ensure they do not burn, for 1 minute. Add the leeks and cook, stirring. When the onion and leeks are softened, toss in the rosemary, sage and theyme. Cook until the herbs release their fragrance into the room, about 2 minutes. Tumble in the potatoes. Add enough water to cover by 1 inch. *Cooking the soup: Raise the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil. Cook until your paring knife slides right through one of the potatoes, about 15 minutes. Do not overcook the potatoes or you will have watery soup. When the potatoes are done, stop whatever you are doing and puree the soup. *Pureeing the soup: Puree the soup in a blender in batches, pouring the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil into the blender while the blender is running. Press each batch through a fine-mesh sieve back into a large bowl. Repeat until all the soup is pureed and pour it back into the pot. *Finishing the soup: Add the cream to the soup and stir to blend. Bring the soup to a boil, then turn down the heat to medium. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 15 minutes. Whisk in the cold butter. Taste the soup and season with salt and pepper. Remove the soup from the heat. *To serve, ladle the soup into bowls. Garnish each bowl of soup with 1 teaspoon of the truffle honey (if using) and the chives.

LEEK AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Peel potato and dice fine. In a 3 1/2- to 4-quart saucepan cook garlic and onion in butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until onion is softened. Add potato and leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes. Stir in broth and simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes, or until potato is very tender.
• If desired, in a blender purée soup in batches until very smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids), transferring to another saucepan. Stir in cream, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste and heat over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until hot.