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Ingredients
for
4
Cream of Potato Soup with Leek
15 min., ready in 40 min.
Time:
275
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
92 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 stalk Leeks
- 400 grams starchy potatoes
- 3 Tbsps Canola oil
- 500 milliliters Vegetable broth
- salt
- Nutmeg (freshly grated)
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- 150 milliliters Whipped cream
Preparation
1.
Peel onion and chop. Rinse leek and cut into small pieces. Peel potatoes and cut into cubes. Add canola oil to a saucepan, saute onion and leek while stirring. Reserve 2-3 tablespoons leek for serving. Add potatoes to the pot, pour in vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Season with salt, nutmeg, bay leaves and thyme.
2.
Continue cooking over medium temperature for about 20 minutes, until the potato cubes are softened. Remove bay leaves, add cream and puree the contents of the pot finely in a blender. Bring to a boil and season to taste. To serve, distribute reserved leeks into soup bowls and pour hot potato and leek soup on top.
Nutritional values
1 each contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 275 cal. | (13 %) | ||
| Protein | 5 g | (5 %) | ||
| Fat | 20 g | (17 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 20 g | (13 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 2.8 g | (9 %) |