Golden Potato-Leek Soup with Cheddar Toasts
Golden Potato-Leek Soup with Cheddar Toasts is a vegetarian soup. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 177 calories, 6g of protein, and 8g of fat. If you have pepper, butter, thyme sprigs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Users who liked this recipe also liked Mum's leek & potato soup with mustard toasts, Perfect Potato, Leek and Onion Soup With Garlic Cheese Toasts, and Leek Soup With Brie Toasts.
Instructions
To prepare soup, melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat.
Add leek; cook 10 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally (do not brown).
Add potatoes, water, salt, broth, and 2 thyme sprigs. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes or until potatoes are very tender.
To prepare cheddar toasts, place baguette slices in a single layer on a baking sheet.
Bake at 375 for 7 minutes or until toasted. Turn slices over; coat with cooking spray, and sprinkle 1 tablespoon cheese over each slice.
Bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
Sprinkle evenly with red pepper.
Remove pan from heat; discard thyme sprigs. Partially mash potatoes with a potato masher; stir in cream.
Sprinkle with black pepper.
Serve with cheddar toasts.
Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.