Leek Potato And Spinach Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add leeks and onion; simmer until tender, about 7 minutes. Add potatoes, water, and bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Stir in spinach and cook until wilted and soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Add milk, pepper, salt, paprika, and chili powder. Let cook for 5 minutes more; adjust spices to taste.

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-12 minutes or until tender. Drain. Mash 2 cups potatoes; set aside., In a Dutch oven, saute leeks in oil until tender. Whisk the flour, bouillon granules and broth until smooth. Gradually stir into pan. Add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Stir in mashed potatoes. Add spinach, salt, pepper and remaining potatoes; cook just until spinach is wilted. Sprinkle with cheese.

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large saucepan. Add the spring onions, leek, celery and potato. Stir and put on the lid. Sweat for 10 minutes, stirring a couple of times.
• Pour in the stock and cook for 10 - 15 minutes until the potato is soft.
• Add the spinach and cook for a couple of minutes until wilted. Use a hand blender to blitz to a smooth soup.
• Stir in the crème fraîche. Reheat and serve.

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan.
• Saute onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes.
• Add vegetable stock and water.
• Add leeks and potato.
• Season with salt, pepper, and basil.
• Bring to boil then reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add spinach and process in blender until somewhat smooth. Skip this step if you want your soup chunkier.
• Return to saucepan and add Earth Balance, sour cream, and milk.
• Heat through.
• Serve with a sprinkle of shredded carrot and a dollop of sour cream, if desired.

Steps:

• Use a large knife to cut off the tops of the leeks, then shave off any rough parts and remove any coarse leaves. Trim off the roots, and cut each leek in two lengthways, then rinse under running water. Slice thinly.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan, then add the leeks. Toss them in the butter over the heat for 3-5 minutes, season with nutmeg then lay the potatoes on top. Don't stir the potatoes through the leeks, because if they sit on the bottom of the.
• pot they can catch. Cover the pan with a lid and cook on a very gentle heat for 20 minutes.
• Stir through the salt, then add the water and hot milk. Bring it just to boiling point, stirring often, then turn heat to low. Partially cover with a lid and cook very gently for 20 minutes.
• Puree the soup in batches in a food processor or blender. For a really smooth finish, pass soup through a coarse sieve into a large bowl. Puree the spinach with 1 cup of soup, then mix this into the pot of soup. Reheat gently, check seasoning, then serve.

Steps:

• Halve leeks lengthwise and cut enough crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces to measure 2 cups. In a bowl of cold water wash leeks well and lift from water into a sieve to drain. Peel potato and cut enough into 1/4-inch pieces to measure 1 cup. In a 1 1/2-quart saucepan cook leeks and potato in butter with curry powder over moderate heat, stirring, 5 minutes. Stir in 2 cups water and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes.
• While soup is cooking, cut spinach into thin strips. In a blender purée soup until completely smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids) and return to pan. Add milk and salt and pepper to taste and bring to a simmer. Remove pan from heat and stir in spinach.