Steps to Make Flavorful Creamy garlic-leek soup with crispy croutons....

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Creamy garlic-leek soup with crispy croutons…. Melt the butter over medium low heat in a large soup pot. Turn the heat down if they start to brown. Add the potatoes, stock, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper to pot and bring to a boil.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy garlic-leek soup with crispy croutons…. using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy garlic-leek soup with crispy croutons….:

1. Take medium potatoes
2. Make ready onion
3. Make ready large leek
4. Make ready whole small heads of garlic
5. Get chicken stock or water
6. Take cream
7. Get oil
8. Make ready chopped parsley or coriander leaf
9. Make ready bread for croutons
10. Get Salt to taste
11. Prepare Black pepper to taste

Cut the toast into chunky cubes. I know what you're thinking, two heads of garlic, are you crazy! You can relax as the slow cooking of the garlic will dissipate the pungent flavor and leave. Heat the oil in a large, heavy pot over high heat and add the onions, garlic cloves, bay leaves, salt, and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

Instructions to make Creamy garlic-leek soup with crispy croutons….:

1. Peel and chop onions medium finely. Set aside. Peel the garlic cloves,set aside. Wash and chop the leek, set aside.
2. In a heavy pot or saucepan over medium heat, add olive oil. Add the chopped onion,leek, leave to sweat,do not brown. Add the garlic and turn heat to low. Cook gently for about 15 minutes
3. While that’s cooking,peel and dice the potatoes then add to the pot along with all the chicken stock or water. Season with salt and pepper, simmer gently for 25 to 30 minutes.
4. Add the cream, mix well then blitz in a blender or use a stick blender directly in the pot. Taste for seasoning.
5. For the croutons, simply dice up some of the bread and fry in olive oil on low heat until brown and crispy, the slower you cook them, the crispy they will remain in the soup.
6. Serve with croutons and chopped parsley.

You can relax as the slow cooking of the garlic will dissipate the pungent flavor and leave. Heat the oil in a large, heavy pot over high heat and add the onions, garlic cloves, bay leaves, salt, and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Don't let onions get too dark; they should be sweet-tasting and a rich golden-brown color. For a chunky soup: After you remove the herbs, use a potato masher to lightly mash the potatoes. You'll end up with a lightly creamy soup with potato chunks.

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