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Christmas Day Fare
Cheesy Leek Soup
Ingredients:
700g trimmed leeks
225g onions
225g stilton or gruyere cheese
50g butter
1 level tbsp plain flour
1.4 litres turkey or chicken stock
142ml carton double cream
2 level tsp grainy mustard
salt and freshly ground black pepper ovenbaked
oven baked pesto croutons to accompany (qv)
shavings of stilton to garnish
Method:
Roughly chop the leeks and finely chop the onions.
Cut the cheese into small dice.
Melt the butter in a large saucepan add the onion and cook on
the simmering plate for 5 minutes or until soft.
Add the leeks cover the pan and cook on the boiling plate for 5
minutes stirring from time to time.
Add the flour and mix until smooth stirring continuously then
add the stock Bring to the boil then transfer to the floor of the
simmering oven for 15 minutes.
Stir in the cream and mustard.
Add the cheese in batches allowing it to melt between each
addition.
Season well with salt and pepper and serve in warmed soup bowls.
Accompany with oven baked pesto croutons and garnish with shavings
of stilton.
Stilton Shavings:
To make stilton shavings chill a small wedge of stilton then
using a swivel vegetable peeler shave off thin slivers. Store in a
single layer on a baking sheet in the fridge until ready to use.
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