Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, potato, leek, lentil, pancetta soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Potato leek soup, or potage parmentier, is a French classic. It's one of the first dishes I learned to make in culinary school, right after a proper omelet, because it's an essential base soup in French cuisine. Add watercress for potage au cresson, serve it chilled for Vichyssoise — or top it with bacon.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook potato, leek, lentil, pancetta soup using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Potato, Leek, Lentil, Pancetta Soup:
- Get 6 good size Potatoes, diced
- Get 4 Leeks cleaned well. Slice down the middle and cut into thin half moon slices
- Take 1 chunk of Pancetta (I used “hot”)
- Get 1 clove Garlic
- Prepare 1/2 cup Orange Lentils (Dry)
- Make ready 2 Onions coarsely chopped
- Prepare 4 cups Vegetable Stock (or chicken)
- Take 3 cups Water
- Take Salt to taste (You can add pepper)
- Prepare 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- Prepare handful Chives and dry Parsley
What goes in Leek and Potato Soup. Here what you need: Leeks - essential for a LEEK soup!! 😂 Though if you are desperate to make this an. This potato leek soup is heavy on the leeks, with just enough potato to give the soup its signature creamy texture. This is a recipe you can assemble in the slow cooker and leave for the whole day, coming home to the sweet, earthy, caramel perfume of long-cooked leeks and potato.
Instructions to make Potato, Leek, Lentil, Pancetta Soup:
- In a soup pot, heat Oil. Sauté the Pancetta for 5 minutes. Add Onions and Garlic. Sauté for 10 minutes. Stirring often. Add Leeks. Sauté all together for another 10 minutes (or until you think it looks married and ready). Add Potatoes, Lentils and Stock. Bring to a boil. Once it has a rolling boil going, lower to simmer. Simmer for approx 2 hours. Taste for saltiness. If the Pancetta didn’t salt it enough, add Salt to taste.
- Top with Parsley and Chives before serving. My husband added a couple teaspoons of plain Greek Yogurt to his soup bowl to cream it up. You can also top it with grated Parmigiana Cheese to add more of a salty taste. We ate this with oven heated crusty Italian bread 🥖🍲
Buttery, creamy, and made oh-so fragrant with the help of thyme and chives, this potato leek soup is the perfect companion to any cold weather dinner. Add the leeks, potatoes, garlic, chilli, herbs, salt and pepper. Continue cooking gently, until the Portugual's national dish: Alastair Little's caldo verde, or leek and potato soup with chorizo. This soup is ridiculously healthy, rich in fibre, good for gut bacteria, and the vinegar. This leek and potato soup recipe is easy and delicious.
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