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This classic French potato soup can be served hot or cold. It is very rich so I love it with a simple green salad, a french baguette, and some crisp white wine.
It is traditionally served topped with chopped chives. Here I finished it with crispy leeks. Bon Apetite!
Bon Apetite!
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 large yellow onion
- 5 large white potatoes - peeled and sliced
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 bay leaf
- 5 cups of organic chicken broth
- 1/4 cup of heavy cream or 1/2 cup half and half
- Fresh thyme and marjoram (can be substitute with dried)
- Classically served topped with snipped chives
Instructions
Instructions
- In a heavy bottomed stock pot
- Saute onion until translucent
- Add sliced potatoes
- Add chicken broth and bay leaf and cook until potatoes are cooked through when pierced with a knife
- Puree in a food processor or blender
- return to pot and stir in cream and herbs
- season with salt and pepper to taste
- top with chopped chives
Courses Lunch or Dinner
Cuisine French
