Growing your own veggies and herbs is great, and they certainly without fail always taste far superior to what you buy in the supermarkets. But of course, that then means you have to find a use for them when ready.
I like growing leeks as I always pass on a few to my sister, but I have limited recipes that actually use leeks (I sometimes get flummoxed by vegetables you can’t roast). Out of the recipes I do have, this one is far and away the best, assisted largely by the fact it has a lot of pig in it. So without further ado: Big Angry Trev’s Bacon, Leek & Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 8 rashers of bacon, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 leeks, sliced
- 3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1.5L hot vegetable stock
- 150ml thickened cream
- Fresh parsley
- Cracked pepper
Method
- Chop up bacon, fry up half until crispy and put to one side
- Put stock in pot, heat but do not bring to boil.
- Chop up onion, sauté it with remaining bacon in butter until golden.
- Add sliced leeks and diced potatoes to pan, cover and cook on very low heat for 5 minutes, shaking pan occasionally.
- Take bacon & vegetables from pan and stock from pot and combine in large pot, bring to boil.
- Simmer concoction for 20 minutes covered, stirring occasionally.
- Let mix cool. Take mix and put in food blender. Puree mix.
- Pour mix back into warm pan, slowly add cream and stir until warm.
- Put into bowls, top with fresh parsley, crispy bacon and cracked pepper.
Enjoy!
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