Soups are easy to heat up, are warm and filling. I'm rather partial to some Seafood chowder, French Onion soup (only since I was in Ireland and grew some onions) & tinned Campbell Mushroom soup was always a mainstay from my childhood.
Appearing at the markets at the moment are leaks. They are in season, so I thought I'd try stocking up on some soups in the freezer. So I went to Mr YouTube and these video's seemed to show the way of making a simple soup:
Both recipes seem to be similar, so I charged ahead and put all the ingredients into a pot, potatoes, leeks, chicken stock, garlic and a dab of butter:
The result is very nice. Not exactly the most exotic of ingredients but fills you up and keeps you warm.
A front is just coming in, and after I walked the dog I made heated up some of the soup.
Quantities:
I used 3 leaks, cut them up then washed them, 1L chicken stock, and about the same volume of potatoes as the uncut leaks (about 5-6 medium potatoes).
I had some panceta in the fridge (cured ham, I think I've spelt it wrong. This is thicker stuff from Moore Wilson) , so wrapped some in a paper towel and microwaved it for about 45 sec. It shrunk a lot. I chopped it up, with some wild parsley that I've been picking on my walk and sprinkled that over the top. Also toasted and buttered Ciabatta.
You can add cream, and I bought some for the soup, but I didn't use it. I will add it for the next meal.
I intend to freeze the rest. Will try laying bags down flat so thin (so will thaw more quickly). Then I'll put them in the Freezer App I've been building.
I was a bit concerned about the cream, I didn't want that in the soup when I froze it. In fact its quite creamy without cream. The Bar Mixer does a good job of smoothing it out.
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