Soups: Potato leek soup in pressure cooker

Subject: Potato leek soup in pressure cooker
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: Jamie Utter (butter at csusm.edu)
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 11:30:40 -0800
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This was a good soup we had for dinner last night. It makes a nice creamy soup, no cream needed. I guess you could add cream if you wanted, if unlike me you didn't do a good enough job packing it on over the holidays.

This recipe is from the book "Cooking Under Pressure" by Lorna Sass.

For a creamier, more elegant version of this rustic country dish, puree the entire mixture. Don't over process or risk gummy potatoes. (Note: I only pureed part of it.)

4 tblsp. sweet butter
6 medium leeks, white part only, thoroughly rinsed, and thinly sliced (about 4 cups)
3 stalks celery, thinly sliced
3 large cooking potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds), scrubbed and cut into 1/4 inch slices. (I used white rose.)
5 cups vegetable or chicken stock or bouillon
1/4 cup finely minced fresh dill (optional)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

Heat the butter in the cooker. Sauté the leeks and celery for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, cut the potato slices in half. Add the potatoes and stock.

Lock the lid in place and over high heat bring to high pressure. Adjust heat to maintain high pressure and cook for 5 minutes. Let the pressure drop naturally or use a quick-release method. Remove the lid, tilting it away from you to allow any excess steam to escape.

Puree half of the soup in a blender or food processor. Pour the puree back into the pot. Stir in the dill (if desired) and add salt and pepper to taste. Reheat thoroughly and serve.
From: Terl Davidson (terl_davidson at hatmail.comm)
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:55:26 -0600
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short version: take a leek in his potato soup

Terl D.
From: Jamie Utter (butter at csusm.edu)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:40:26 -0800
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Terl Davidson wrote:
> Jamie Utter wrote:
>
> ||This was a good soup we had for dinner last night. It
> ||makes a nice creamy soup, no cream needed. I guess you...

snip my recipe.

> short version: take a leek in his potato soup

I think if you had any real hope of making this humorous you would have spelled it "leak".
I guess you're pretty accustomed to short things.
From: artiste (artiste at SPAMTRAPcotse.com)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:48:29 +0000
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Jamie Utter drivelled confusiously:
>I think if you had any real hope of making this humorous you
>would have spelled it "leak".
>
>I guess you're pretty accustomed to short things.

Was that supposed to be amusing?

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