caterina cacciatore

rich and delicious

perfect for a chill rainy first day of spring when the Jeep Safari is in town and you want to stay at home all day

lucky me i wake up to rain and find enough potatoes, leeks, chicken broth on hand to whip together a warm and comforting soup

saute in butter/oliveoil combination some leeks until they are slightly carmelized
add a big clove of garlic minced
in a separate pot boil up the potatoes that have been cut up / when they are almost done / drain them and when cool enough slip them out of their skins unless you want the skins in the soup

add the cooked potatoes to the leeks, pour in enough chicken broth to cover and cook some more

add chicken broth as necessary

when cooled down a little puree in a blender

potatoes suck up salt so dont season until you are ready to eat at which time you can also add some cream or some half and half

season with black pepper and plunk a lunk of butter in your bowl of soup

yum