New Year Recipes - Vichyssoise

Ingredients:
1 Onion, cut into thin slices
4 medium Leeks, cut into thin slices
1 1/2 tablespoons Butter
1 litre Stock
4 Potatoes, peeled and cut into dices
3 Parsley springs
1 Bay leaf
1 Thyme sping
100 ml Double cream
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 bunch Chives, finely chopped

Procedures:

1. Melt the butter in a frying pan. Fry the onionand leek over low heat until soft but not coloured.
2. Add the stock and then follow by potatoes.
3. Make a herb bouquet from the green of the leeks, parsley, bay leaf and thyme and tie together with string.
4. Add to the saucepan.
5. Simmer the soup until potatoes have broken up.
6. Remove the herb bouquet.
7. Rub the soup through a strainer or puree in a food processor.
8. Pour the soup back into the saucepan, add the double cream and bring back to the boil.
9. Add salt and pepper to taste.
10. Sprinkled with finely chopped chives and serve. (Serve hot or cold is depanding on the season.)