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Man, I've been so boring lately, sorry y'all, and there's really no variety here either: this is a 'what I made for dinner' post because I keep making stuff and being pleased with it & then six months later forgetting what I put in it.
So the other night on food TV a guy said 'Imma make leek and potato soup' and then... he made leek and kumara soup. Like, I know people other places call it sweet potato, but seriously, not the same thing. However, it did kick me with a craving for a leeky soup and the idea of leeks with non-potato vegetables was pretty cool, so this is what I made for dinner tonight. These numbers are all approximations and next time I might up the kumara and mayyyybe down the garlic, which it pains me to say, but. Anyway, it was pretty tasty. Play around.
Leek and Vegetable Soup
Adapted from some random restauranteur on the Food channel last night.
~25, 30 g butter (I am not actually sure about this, I think I cut about half of one of the lines on a block of butter, but it could have been more like 50g)
2-3 leeks
3 cloves garlic, crushed with the back of a knife and finely chopped
1 large kumara, I used purple because they were on special, but I think an orange/red one would give it a nicer colour
~6 potatoes
3 carrots
6 cups chicken stock NB: make this vegetable stock and this soup is vegetarian, make it vegetable stock and use a tablespoon of oil instead of butter and it's friggin' vegan, yo.
Pepper to taste, I highly recommend several solid turns of the grinder, and in fact I would possibly up that to a solid 1/2 teaspoon
Fresh ginger and milk or cream - these are optional.
( instructions under the cut )
Crusty Herby Bread
Adapted from this epicurious recipe for people much more lazy (i.e. me) with smaller food processors (my flatmate. I don't even own a food processor.)
2 teaspoons active dry yeast (from a 1/4-oz package)
1/3 C warm water
1 T honey
4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon white vinegar
A bunch of mixed herbs, I used the kind that come in a packet, if you use fresh I recommend rosemary, oregano, probably parsley, basil, IDK. Use whatever you like. One commenter on the epi page uses rosemary and lavender!
1 1/3 cups warm water
1 lightly beaten egg, HOWEVER, it will not USE all this egg so if you don't have something else to do with it use olive oil or something.
( mmm, bread. I was really pleased with how this came out, I have to say. )
So the other night on food TV a guy said 'Imma make leek and potato soup' and then... he made leek and kumara soup. Like, I know people other places call it sweet potato, but seriously, not the same thing. However, it did kick me with a craving for a leeky soup and the idea of leeks with non-potato vegetables was pretty cool, so this is what I made for dinner tonight. These numbers are all approximations and next time I might up the kumara and mayyyybe down the garlic, which it pains me to say, but. Anyway, it was pretty tasty. Play around.
Leek and Vegetable Soup
Adapted from some random restauranteur on the Food channel last night.
~25, 30 g butter (I am not actually sure about this, I think I cut about half of one of the lines on a block of butter, but it could have been more like 50g)
2-3 leeks
3 cloves garlic, crushed with the back of a knife and finely chopped
1 large kumara, I used purple because they were on special, but I think an orange/red one would give it a nicer colour
~6 potatoes
3 carrots
6 cups chicken stock NB: make this vegetable stock and this soup is vegetarian, make it vegetable stock and use a tablespoon of oil instead of butter and it's friggin' vegan, yo.
Pepper to taste, I highly recommend several solid turns of the grinder, and in fact I would possibly up that to a solid 1/2 teaspoon
Fresh ginger and milk or cream - these are optional.
( instructions under the cut )
Crusty Herby Bread
Adapted from this epicurious recipe for people much more lazy (i.e. me) with smaller food processors (my flatmate. I don't even own a food processor.)
2 teaspoons active dry yeast (from a 1/4-oz package)
1/3 C warm water
1 T honey
4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon white vinegar
A bunch of mixed herbs, I used the kind that come in a packet, if you use fresh I recommend rosemary, oregano, probably parsley, basil, IDK. Use whatever you like. One commenter on the epi page uses rosemary and lavender!
1 1/3 cups warm water
1 lightly beaten egg, HOWEVER, it will not USE all this egg so if you don't have something else to do with it use olive oil or something.
( mmm, bread. I was really pleased with how this came out, I have to say. )
