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Vichyssoise

Prep165 minCook30 minTotal195 minDifficultyVery easy
Vichyssoise

Ingredients

4 servings

Contains: Milk, Celery

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Nutrition

Per serving

Calories
453.7
total 1814.8
Protein
7.3 g
total 29.1 g
Carbs
49.5 g
total 198 g
Fat
26.9 g
total 107.8 g

Estimated · based on 8 of 10 ingredients

Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central

The silky French-American chilled soup of leeks, potato, and cream, finished with chives. Elegant served cold or comforting served warm.

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Method

  1. 1
    • leek 4
    • onion 1
    • butter 40 g

    Sweat the leeks and onion — Melt the butter in a pot and gently sweat the leeks and onion for 10 minutes without colouring until soft and sweet.

  2. 2
    • potato 500 g
    • vegetable stock 1 l

    Add potatoes and simmer — Add the potatoes and stock, season, and simmer for 20 minutes until the potatoes are completely tender.

  3. 3
    • heavy cream 2 dl
    • ground nutmeg 1 pinch

    Blend until smooth — Blend the soup until velvety smooth, then stir in the cream and nutmeg. Adjust the seasoning.

  4. 4
    • fresh chives 2 tbsp

    Chill and serve — Chill thoroughly and serve cold, scattered with chives. Vichyssoise is traditionally eaten chilled, but is also lovely warm.

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