Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Bacon, Leek and Potato Soup

Bacon, Leek and Potato Soup.

You can have Bacon, Leek and Potato Soup using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Bacon, Leek and Potato Soup

1. You need of bacon.
2. You need of olive oil.
3. Prepare of onion, peeled and chopped.
4. You need of carrots, peeled and sliced.
5. Prepare of celery, sliced.
6. You need of leeks, sliced.
7. Prepare of garlic, peeled and sliced.
8. It's of potatoes, peeled and diced.
9. You need of stock, vegetable or chicken or beef.
10. It's of fresh cream.
11. Prepare of salt and ground black pepper.

Bacon, Leek and Potato Soup step by step

1. Preheat a large pan on high heat. Fry bacon until crispy, remove from pan, dice and set aside..
2. In a large pot, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Followed by the onion, carrots, celery, leeks, garlic and mix together with a spoon. Cook for around 10 minutes with the lid on, stirring every 2-3 minutes. Until the carrots have softened, but are still holding their shape..
3. Now add, the bacon, (keep a few pieces for garnish) potatoes and the stock into the pot. Stir the soup and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes..
4. Add the cream, bring it to the boil and simmer for a further 5 minutes..
5. Remove the pot from the heat. Season with salt and pepper. Pulse until smooth using a hand blender or liquidizer. Divide between your serving bowls and sprinkle the rest of the bacon on top..
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