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Vichyssoise Recipe


Vichyssoise Recipe
Louis Diat's wonderful cold soup, Vichyssoise. Unique!

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Ingredients
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1-1/2 cups chopped white part of leeks
  • 1/4 cup minced onion
  • 1/2 cup chopped celery
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 2 cups peeled and diced potatoes
  • 2 cup cream
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine ground white pepper
  • 1/4 cup of minced chives

Directions
  1. On a low heat, saute leeks, onion, and celery; cook until tender. Do NOT brown.
  2. Add sauteed vegetables to stock along with potatoes; bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are soft.
  3. Press through sieve or blend in a processor. Cool. Add cream to soup, salt and pepper then chill the soup thoroughly.
  4. Top each serving with sprinkling of chopped chives.
  5. Note: This soup was created by Louis Diat, chef at the Ritz-Carlton in New York, to commemorator the opening of their summer roof garden restaurant. Although, he created this soup in America; he named the soup for his hometown, Vichy, in France.

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Loved it since I was a kid!!!! TY


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