Monday, 17 February 2025

Velouté aux Verts de Poireau or velvety Leek Soup

The French title of this recipe is even longer:      Velouté aux Verts de Poireau a L'Oeuf mollet et aux Noisettes



The green parts of a leek with soft boiled egg and hazelnuts.



The top greens of a leek usually go in the freezer for stocks. This time I used them together with a whole leek for a soup. To get it more substancial potatoes were added too. 



The original recipes was vegetarian, but I added some thin slices of Guanciale to the soup. That intensified the flavour. Cooking it is very strait forward. Just start with butter and Guanciale and after 3 min toss in the bite size chopped veggies. Season and let it get some heat for 5 min. Pour in the stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and cook for 25 min. Use a blender to make the velouté.



The addition of hazelnuts and an egg made this soup a very rich one. 


Recipe for 2:

1 1/2 leek

3 medium potatoes

35 g Guanciale

1 knob of butter

650 ml vegetable stock

Salt, pepper

3 tbsp chopped hazelnuts

2 soft boiled eggs

Parsley

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