Potage Aux Poireaux Et Au Gingembre : Leek & Gin

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 leeks
• 3 potatoes
• 1 liter chicken bouillon
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 piece ginger
• 1/4 loaf stale french bread
• 1/2 bunch fresh chives
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (approx.)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 wash and peel the potatoes and cut into small chunks.
• 2 wash and chop leeks.
• 3 peel and chop ginger (i couldn't find whole ginger in the supermarket, so i just used regular ground ginger, 1 to 1-1/2 tsp, i think.) cut or tear the bread into small pieces.
• 4 heat olive oil in a pan and add bread.
• 5 brown bread until just toasted.
• 6 move bread onto a paper towel-lined plate to absorb excess oil.
• 7 wash and chop chives (here again, i just used dried chives as the store was out of fresh.).
• 8 in a large saucepan, cook potatoes in the bouillon for 25 minutes.
• 9 in a sautée pan, melt butter and stir in ginger.
• 10 then add the leeks and let sautée 8 minutes, stirring often.
• 11 when the potatoes are ready, add the leeks and the bread to the saucepan.
• 12 mix well.
• 13 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 14 pour into soup bowls.
• 15 sprinkle with chives and serve topped with a spoonfull of sour cream.