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title: "Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Leek and Potato Soup"
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# Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Leek and Potato Soup

> Lockdown + chilly weather = hot soup. QED.

By TGIFood Contributors · Published 14 May 2020, 14:53 SAST

## Content

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**Ingredients**

4 Tbs butter

1 large onion, finely chopped

6 large or 8 medium leeks

2 sprigs of thyme

I small extra leek for garnish

8 medium potatoes

2 litres vegetable stock

125ml milk

200ml cream

Salt and pepper to taste

Chopped garlic chives to garnish

**Method**

Melt butter and sauté onion until soft. Add sliced leeks and sauté for 7 or 8 minutes, stirring. Add stock. Salt very well. Peel and quarter potatoes and add. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook until potatoes are soft. Cool a little and blend until smooth. Add milk and cream, season with salt and pepper and bring to a simmer, cooking for 10 to 15 minutes on a gentle heat.

Slice the extra leek and sauté gently in butter with the leaves plucked from the thyme stems, until tender. Garnish the soup with buttered leeks and a few thyme leaves. **DM/TGIFood**

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