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Leek soup, or Leek and Potato soup, (Welsh: cawl cennin) is a soup based on potatoes, leeks, broth [1] (usually chicken), and heavy cream. [2] Other ingredients used may be salt, pepper, and various spices. Generally the potatoes are diced and cooked in broth, while the leeks are chopped and sautéed. After this, all ingredients are combined ...
Leek soup: Wales: Chunky Leeks and often potatoes. Popular during St. David's Day. Pictured is leek and potato soup. Lettuce soup: Lettuce is a primary ingredient. [32] Some versions purée all of the ingredients together, and cream of lettuce soup is a type of lettuce soup. [32] [33] Lentil soup: Ancient Chunky Red, green, or brown lentils.
Other ingredients commonly used to thicken soups and broths include rice, lentils, flour, and grains; many popular soups also include pumpkin, carrots, potatoes, pig's trotters and bird's nests. [2] Other types of soup include fruit soups, dessert soups, pulse soups such as split pea, cold soups and other styles.
Leek and potato soup is a traditional staple of French cuisine. Elizabeth David (1984) comments that the ancestor of vichyssoise was "every French housewife's potato and leek soup". [1] 19th-century French cookbooks give recipes for a simple leek and potato soup, called potage Parmentier or potage à la Parmentier. [2] [3] [n 1]
The original cock a leekie is delicate and refreshing and difficult to make flavoursome whereas the more appetizing modern version which has more chicken, vegetable and thickener is closer to chicken soup or stew. Cock a leekie soup, a chicken and leek consommé with a little flesh and pieces of leek, is a traditional course at Burns’ Suppers.
It can contain other ingredients such as scallions (spring onions), leeks, laverbread, onions and chives. Some recipes substitute cabbage with kale. [4] There are many regional variations of this staple dish. [5] It was a cheap, year-round food. [6] [7] It is often eaten with boiled ham, salt pork or Irish bacon.
Allium ampeloprasum is a member of the onion genus Allium.The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek.Its native range is southern Europe to southwestern Asia and North Africa, [2] but it is cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in many countries.
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