| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Vegetables, Meats, Eggs, Dairy |
French |
Soups, Vegetables |
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1/4 |
c |
Butter or margarine |
| 3 |
c |
Thinly sliced leeks (white part only) |
| 6 |
md |
Onions; halved and thinly sliced, (4 1/2 cups) |
| 2 |
tb |
Minced garlic (12 cloves) |
| 1 |
tb |
Sugar |
| 6 |
c |
Chicken broth |
| 1 |
ts |
Dried thyme; crushed |
| 1/4 |
ts |
Pepper |
| 2 |
tb |
All purpose flour |
| 2 |
|
Slightly beaten egg yolks |
| 1/4 |
c |
Marsala wine or sweet sherry, optional |
| 1 |
c |
Half and half or light cream |
|
|
Baguette style french bread slices, toasted |
|
|
Fresh chives; optional |
|
|
Fresh thyme; optional |
INSTRUCTIONS
In a large pot melt butter. Stir in leeks, onions, garlic and sugar. Cook,
covered, over medium low heat about 10 mins or til tender, stirring
occasionally. Remove 3/4 cup onion mixture; set aside. Add 5 1/2 cups of
the chicken broth, thyme and pepper to remaining mixture in pot. Bring to
boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, over low heat for
20 mins. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Transfer 1/3 of the
mixture to a blender container or food processor bowl. Cover and blend or
process mixture til smooth. Repeat with remaining mixture. Return all to
pot. In a small bowl stir together the remaining 1/2 cup chicken broth and
flour til smooth. Stir in egg yolks. Gradually add 1 cup of the hot soup to
egg mixture; stir mixture into remaining soup. Cook and stir over medium
high heat til thickened and bubbly. Add Marsala or sherry, if desired, and
reserved onion-leek mixture. Cook and stir for 1 min more, reduce heat.
Stir in half and half or cream*. cook and stir til heated thru; do not
boil. To serve, ladle into a large soup tureen or individual bowls. Top
each with a toasted baguette slice. Sprinkle with chives and thyme, if
desired. Make 10 cups.
*Make Ahead Directions: Cover and refrigerate soup at this point for up to
24 hours. At serving time, heat thru, do not boil.
Recipe by: Better Homes & Gardens
Posted to KitMailbox Digest by gigimfg@ix.netcom.com on Nov 20, 1997
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