Leek-Gruyere Cream Soup
"Found on Better Homes and Garden; posting for ZWT 7-Switzerland."
photo by Rita1652
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 4 cups sliced leeks
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 teaspoon fines herbes, crushed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups shredded process gruyere cheese (6 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons snipped fresh parsley
- 1 cup whipping cream
- thinly sliced leek (optional)
directions
- In a large kettle or Dutch oven combine 4 cups of the chicken broth, the leeks, mushrooms, fines herbes, and pepper. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes or until leeks are tender. Cool slightly.
- Place one-third of the leek mixture in a blender container or food processor bowl. Cover and blend or process until smooth. Repeat with remaining leek mixture. Return all of the smooth leek mixture to the kettle or Dutch oven; stir in 1 cup of the remaining chicken broth.
- Combine the remaining 1 cup of the chicken broth and the flour until smooth. Stir into hot broth mixture along with shredded cheese and parsley. Cook and stir until slightly thickened and bubbly and cheese melts. Stir in whipping cream; heat through.
- If desired, garnish with additional sliced leeks.
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Reviews
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This was excellent! It didn't specify what kind of mushrooms to use, so I used some portabellas that I had on hand, and I think it worked out really well. The gruyere and portabellas gave it such a smoky, earthy quality that made it really good with the creamy texture of the soup and zest from the leeks. Thanks for sharing your recipe, Azparzych. Made for ZWT7, Mischief Makers. -
Wow! What a beautiful, tasty soup! I followed instructions except for subbing half and half instead of whipping cream, and I wasn't sure what herbs to use for the fines herbs, so I used a pinch of each dried tarragon, savory, parsley. I also used my immersion blender right in the pot - easy peasy! Made for ZWT Count Dracula and his Hot Bites -
This was a very tasty and satisfying soup! I had some fresh leeks from the garden, which went so well with the mushrooms and cheese. Rather than processing the soup in batches, I used my immersion blender to blend the soup in the pot. Other than that, I followed the recipe exactly. A nice multi-grain baguette completed this delicious meal. Thanks for sharing. Made for ZWT7 by a fellow Hot Pink Lady. -
I made half the recipe and since in the direction 1 it's written to add 4 cups of chicken stock, I made the mistake to use 4 cups. And it was 3 cups total for half the recipe. So I didn't add more chicken stock. It was still great :) And I regret that I made only half the recipe cause tonight we ate the last of it. I used dried parsley. Wonderful recipe. Thanks AZPARZYCH :) Made for Best of 2011 tag game -
Right into my 10 STAR book this goes! Great, light soup for a cool Fall evening. Served with homemade Swedish Limpa bread. I also subbed half-and-half for the whipping cream. Wonderful flavors here! I used tarragon, parsley, marjoram and chives for the fines herbes. Garnished it with chives.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AZPARZYCH
Peoria, 41
<p><span><strong>I am a stay at home mom to two wonderful boys; Joshua (8years), Kaiden (5 years), and baby GIRL, Madalynn (19 months)! I also have two fur babies (cats); Kobee, AJ; we had to put our youngest cat Sly down Jan 2014. :(. I am also married to my best friend, Jeff and have been since April 2005. I love cooking, hate cleaning and will do whatever I can to get out of it! I love grilling and baking. I do most of the grilling at my house, and bake for almost a week straight at Christmas time! I can make or will attempt just about anything, though I rarely make brownies, my husband's are the best! Homemade breads are not my friend, so I am always working on bread baking.</strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>As for recipe ideas (besides zaar) Cooking Light Cookbooks are my favorites. I love to make new meals and try new things; it is hard though because my husband is picky when it comes to veggies (and hates seafood); If it were up to him we would have baked-bread crumb chicken and white rice at least one meal a day! Over the past couple years with zaar, I have found tons of new recipes my family normally wouldn’t eat but have been happily surprised with new favorites.</strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>I love to join in all of the tag games; I haven't been as present as I would like, but as soon as my Jeff is back from working in Ohio I will be back in full tagging mode! </strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>Cooking is my hobby and passion, I always like to host the family get togethers and volunteer for the potluck dishes. Most of all though are my kids; being home all day with them is fun and challenging, but I wouldn’t trade it for any salary!!</strong></span></p>
