Keith Floyd

Leek and Potato Soup

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Keith Floyd

Published 1988

  • About

This is a splendid winter soup if you cook it my way – a chunky, gutsy thing that, in fact, becomes a meal, and you just eat it with bread and drink some beer or wine. Alternatively, you can make it quite a refined little number for a starter for a carefully planned dinner party.

Ingredients

  • 2 lb (1 kg) leeks
  • 1 lb (500

Method

Use big winter leeks and cut off the top ragged green and the furry beard from the foot. This leaves you about 9 in. (25 cm) of leek. Strip off the coarsest outside leaves. Next slice the leeks into thin r