Leeky Potato Soup

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A warming Welsh starter.

This recipe contains the following types of ingredient: dairy and honey; plants and fungi.

Ingredients

to taste
salt
to taste
FAIRTRADE freshly ground black pepper
4
medium leeks
1
large white onion
1 kg
old potatoes
1 large pat
butter
1 litre
stock
250 ml
semi-skimmed milk
herbs

Method

Preparation

Skin the onion and chop fine.

Top and tail the leeks, wash and chop.

Peel the potatoes and cut into pieces.

Cooking

Melt the butter and sweat the leeks and onion for 5 minutes.

Add the potatoes and stock and simmer for 30 minutes until the potatoes are thoroughly cooked.

Remove from the heat and mash the potatoes in the pan.

Stir in the milk and season.

Gently heat through, and stir just before serving.

To serve

Garnish with herbs as available.

Serve hot with doorsteps of good wholemeal bread.