This wholesome Potato Leek Soup is strictly the place we should be proper now: expertly strolling the tightrope between wealthy, creamy consolation and all issues vivid, healthful, and nourishing.
Flavors of dill, capers, and chives hit your style buds and persuade you that this soup should be pure vivid sunshine served in a bowl.
One other curve ball: this decadently textured potato leek soup recipe accommodates no heavy cream or milk and is vegan (!!!!).
5 Star Evaluate
“That is nice. Silky and vivid certainly. Merely yummy. Undoubtedly making once more.”
— Christi —
Like my dreamy Vegan Potato Soup, this vegan potato leek soup is velvety but vivid, hearty however not heavy.
I really like consuming it for straightforward lunches.
Every time I style it, it surprises and delights me anew.
At present’s recipe retains what I argue are the perfect elements of potato leek soup—the standard greens and soothing, creamy texture—however is a world aside from the heavy-cream-laden iterations you could have tried.
The key to a CREAMY potato leek soup is (are you prepared for this?)…CASHEWS.
Blended cashews don’t style like nuts as soon as added to the soup (as in my On the spot Pot Carrot Soup with Ginger).
Quite, they flip right into a cashew cream that makes soup satisfying and wealthy with out weighing it down.
Make Vegan Potato Leek Soup
This recipe makes intelligent use of the elements themselves and retains the potato leek soup energy a lot decrease (like my Roasted Carrot Soup).
Not solely is that this soup wealthy, creamy, and satisfying, the cashews virtually make the soup style tacky (as in my Vegan Queso), although it’s made fully with out dairy.
The Elements
- Leeks. A relative of the onion, leeks are gentle and delicate. The white half and lightweight inexperienced elements of the leek are used for soup (and Spinach Quiche), whereas the darkish inexperienced tops should not edible however can be utilized should you’d wish to make inventory.
TIP!
To prepare dinner leeks for soup, you’ll first wish to wash out any filth that’s hidden of their layers. See Clear Leeks for all the small print and methods on cleansing and prepping leeks.
- Celery + Carrots + Garlic. A traditional for soup bases (typically referred to as mirepoix when mixed with onions, however the leeks stand in for the onion right here). These elements give the soup a depth of taste you’d miss with out them.
- Yukon Gold Potatoes. Yukon gold potatoes are the potato of alternative right here, versus starchy russet potatoes). With their naturally buttery taste and easy texture, they provide the soup unimaginable richness (with out cream or milk) and physique. (They’re additionally the perfect potato for Oven Roasted Potatoes.)
- Cashews. The key to creamy vegan soup success. In the event you’re involved about cashews including an excessive amount of fats, don’t be. Cashews are loaded with wholesome fat and minerals that make this a superfood soup!
- Vegetable Broth. The liquid base that retains the soup vegan (vegetable inventory could also be used too).
- Artichoke Hearts. Shocking and SO improbable in potato leek soup. I all the time have a couple of cans of artichokes available, and they’re great right here.
- Dijon Mustard. A spoonful of Dijon cuts by way of the richness of the cashews and balances the soup. There’s a motive mustard and potatoes are sometimes served collectively, and it’s best right here.
- Capers. The brininess is a beautiful foil to the creaminess of the potatoes.
- Lemon Juice. For a contact of brightness and acidity.
- Recent Dill + Chives. Dill and chives carry this soup to the stratosphere. Please don’t skip them or be tempted to substitute dried. Recent is value it!
Potato Leek Soup with Bacon
When you’ve got some meat lovers in your home, they might prime this soup with crumbled Oven Baked Bacon or Air Fryer Bacon, ham, or sausage, although I promise this soup is mighty satisfying with out.
Storage Suggestions
- To Retailer. Place leftovers in an hermetic storage container within the fridge. Leek and potato soup will final for as much as 4 days within the fridge.
- To Reheat. Gently rewarm soup in a Dutch oven on the range over medium warmth till sizzling. You may as well reheat your soup within the microwave.
- To Freeze. Whereas I’m ALL ABOUT the freezer, this soup isn’t the best candidate for 2 causes. First, the cashew base will change into much less easy when the soup is frozen. Second, potatoes are inclined to change into mealy when frozen. (For what it’s value, I froze this Crockpot Potato Soup and didn’t thoughts the feel change, however it’s good to bear in mind.)
What to Serve with Potato Leek Soup
Really useful Instruments to Make this Recipe
- Ladle. The perfect method to switch soups to bowls and storage containers.
- Excessive-Powered Blender. Excellent for mixing the soup elements. (This extra economical blender possibility is nice too.) You possibly can additionally use an immersion blender too.
- Love and Lemons Each Day. This potato leek soup recipe comes from this excellent cookbook, the second guide written by the ridiculously gifted Jeanine and Jack of the weblog Love and Lemons. It places greens on the middle of the plate and proves how outrageously scrumptious they’ll (and may!) be.
The Greatest Dutch Oven
My favourite vessel for making soups on the stovetop.
This potato leek soup punches nicely above its weight. I can’t wait so that you can strive it!
Ceaselessly Requested Questions
Whereas cashews typically should be soaked in vegan recipes, this soup isn’t one among them. Merely add the uncooked cashews to the blender with the soup when able to puree. It couldn’t be simpler!
Each walnuts and almonds would have a extra pronounced style and would seemingly not puree as easy as cashews, so I’m undecided I’d advocate them instead. In the event you do use almonds, search for ones with the skins eliminated.
I’ve not tried making this potato and leek soup with out cashews, so it will be an experiment. I do suppose you may strive including 1/2 cup of coconut cream instead of the cashews with good outcomes, nonetheless.
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 leeks white and lightweight inexperienced elements thinly sliced and rinsed (3 1/2 cups)
- 1/2 cup celery chopped
- 1/2 cup carrots chopped I scrubbed and left the peels on
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt plus further to style
- Freshly floor black pepper to style
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 1/2 kilos Yukon gold potatoes chopped I scrubbed left the peels on
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 can artichoke hearts 14 ounces drained and chopped
- 1/2 cup uncooked cashews
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 3 tablespoons recent lemon juice divided
- 1/2 –1 cup water
- 1/4 cup recent dill chopped plus further for garnish
- 1/4 cup recent chives chopped plus further for garnish
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Warmth the oil in a big pot over medium warmth. Add the leeks, celery, carrots, salt, and some grinds of black pepper. Sauté, stirring sometimes, till the greens start to melt, 8 to 10 minutes, turning down the warmth in the event that they begin to over-brown.
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Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute extra. Add the potatoes and the broth. Deliver to a boil, then cut back the warmth and simmer for 15 to twenty minutes, or till the potatoes are tender. Stir within the artichokes.
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Let cool barely, then switch half of the soup to a blender, together with the cashews, mustard, capers, and 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice. Puree till easy, after which pour the combination again into the soup pot. Stir within the water as wanted to succeed in your required consistency. (I really like a brilliant thick soup, so I used nearer to 1/2 cup.) Add the dill, chives, and remaining 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Season to style with salt and pepper.
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Garnish with extra dill, chives, and a drizzle of olive oil. Take pleasure in!
- TO STORE: Leftover soup will be saved within the fridge for as much as 4 days.
- TO REHEAT: Heat gently on the stovetop or within the microwave till steaming.
- TO FREEZE: Keep away from freezing (see weblog publish above for explanation why).
- TIP: Don’t skip the recent herbs! They make the soup style extremely recent and are nicely value it right here.
- SOURCE: Shared with permission from Love and Lemons Each Day
Serving: 1 (of 6)Energy: 236kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 6gFats: 10gSaturated Fats: 2gPolyunsaturated Fats: 2gMonounsaturated Fats: 6gPotassium: 724mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 3126IUVitamin C: 35mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 3mg
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