Potage Parisien

Name: How to cook Potage Parisien - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4-serving
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Anny Plummer

Potage Parisien

This soup is probably better suited as a lunch than as an appetiser. It is really filling and has a low price tag in terms of calories. A dieters friend on a cold day! You can freeze this dish, however, after freezing the vegetables will be less coherent and may need liquidizing to into a version of Leek and Potato Soup but chilling the Potage Parmentier to reheat for lunch the next day works well There are 1½ portions of 5-a-day per serving and 80 calories per serving. Counts as an Over5days recipe on the Pro52diet.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4-serving

Cooking time :

30 mins

250 g

leeks (sliced thinly) / 9 oz.

200 g

potato (chopped peel on) / 7 oz.

200 g

onion (small slices) / 7 oz.

50 g

celery (chopped) / 2 oz.

500 ml

chicken stock / 17 oz.

500 ml

vegetable stock / 17 oz.

2 teaspoons

garlic powder

½ teaspoon

white pepper

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Top and tail the leeks and remove the outer skin. Separate the white and green parts retaining all the white and only the lighter inner stem of the green leaves. Slice thinly before rinsing under running water. Continue until the required weight of leeks has been harvested

* Step 2

Choose relatively small onions. Half the onion then cut the halves into quarters. Slice the quarters thinly.

* Step 3

Slice the celery lengthwise into narrow stalks then chop into small pieces.

* Step 4

Microwave the vegetables (other than the celery) in turn for 3 minutes each starting with the onion and whilst doing so put a large pan on the heat and add the stock (hot). Add the garlic powder and the bouquet garni. Add the vegetables as they finish microwaving. The potato will be second and the leek last (add some stock with the leek whilst microwaving).

* Step 5

As the pan comes to the boil after each addition turn down to a simmer. After the leeks (and their stock) are added set to simmer for 15 minutes.

* Step 6

Whilst simmering put the celery in a microwaveable container and add a ladle of the vegetable / stock combination well mixed. Microwave for 6 minutes. Transfer to the beaker of a hand blender and reduce to a paste before adding to the pan and mixing.