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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. 1. | 2. Cut off larger green endings of leeks and dispose. Wash tender white part of leeks well and cut into small circles. | 3. 2. | 4. Cook leeks for 1 minute with 1 Tablespoon of salted butter. | 5. 3. | 6. Add 1 Tablespoon of water and cook for 5 minutes more on low heat. | 7. 4. | 8. Peel potatoes and also cut them into circles. | 9. 5. | 10. Add them to leeks with 6 cups of water, salt and pepper to taste. Let soup boil very slowly for 45 minutes. | 11. 6. | 12. Butter the toast (with salted butter!) and put one piece in the bottom of each soup bowl. | 13. 7. | 14. Pour the soup directly on top of the toast and serve immediately. | 15. Make sure you use French bread with plenty of salted butter as this is whats gives such a fantastic flavour. You can also add some bacon just before the leeks are added and you can also add some green salad if serving as a main meal. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
leek	3			162.87	37.7805	4.005	0.8009999999999999
butter	3	tablespoons	salted	256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
potato	2 -3			-	-	-	-
water	6	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
french bread	4	slices	toasted	1512.32	288.4528	59.77	13.4552
salt pepper				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.