Peppered potato soup

• butter↗25g g
• large leek↗1

  sliced and washed

• fresh thyme sprigs, 3 bay leaves and parsley↗

  stalks tied into a bundle

• (2 medium) floury potato450g g

  chopped into chunks no larger than a walnut

• chicken or vegetable stock↗800ml ml
• double cream↗3 tbsp tbsp
• chopped parsley

  to serve

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat the butter in a medium saucepan until sizzling then add the leeks and herbs and sweat gently for 5 mins until soft. Stir the potatoes into the leeks and season with a little salt and lots of freshly ground pepper.

2. 2

   Pour over the stock and simmer for 10 – 15 mins until the potatoes are on the brink of collapse. Take the tied herbs out of the soup and discard. Stir the cream into the soup off the heat then using a hand blender blitz the soup until smooth. Ladle into bowls and scatter with parsley.