Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Potato and Leek Soup

Potato and Leek Soup.

You can cook Potato and Leek Soup using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Potato and Leek Soup

1. It's 2 tbsp of olive oil.
2. Prepare 1 of large onion, peeled and sliced.
3. You need 4 of medium carrots, peeled and sliced.
4. Prepare 3 sticks of celery, sliced.
5. You need 1 bunch of leeks, sliced.
6. Prepare 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced.
7. Prepare 5 of large potatoes, peeled and cubed.
8. It's 1.5 of lt vegetable stock.
9. It's 250 ml of fresh cream.
10. You need 250 ml of full cream milk.
11. Prepare 3 tsp of salt.
12. You need 3 tsp of ground black pepper.

Potato and Leek Soup step by step

1. In a large pot, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Followed by the onion, carrots, celery, leeks, garlic and mix together with a spoon. Cook for around 10 minutes with the lid on, stirring every 2-3 minutes. Until the carrots have softened, but are still holding their shape..
2. Now add potatoes, salt, pepper and the stock into the pot. Stir the soup and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes..
3. Add the cream and milk, bring it to the boil and simmer for a further 5 minutes. Make sure that the potatoes are soft..
4. Remove the pot from the heat. Season with salt and pepper. Pulse until smooth using a hand blender or liquidizer. Serve hot..