Soupe De Bonne Femme Or Old Wives Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 leeks
• 3 tablespoons salted butter
• 2 -3 medium potatoes
• 6 cups water, plus
• 1 tablespoon water
• 4 slices toasted french bread
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 1.
• 2 cut off larger green endings of leeks and dispose. wash tender part of leeks well and cut into small circles.
• 3 2.
• 4 cook leeks for 1 minute with 1 tablespoon of salted butter.
• 5 3.
• 6 add 1 tablespoon of water and cook for 5 minutes more on low heat.
• 7 4.
• 8 peel potatoes and also cut them into circles.
• 9 5.
• 10 add them to leeks with 6 cups of water, salt and pepper to taste. let soup boil very slowly for 45 minutes.
• 11 6.
• 12 butter the toast (with salted butter!) and put one piece in the bottom of each soup bowl.
• 13 7.
• 14 pour the soup directly on top of the toast and serve immediately.
• 15 make sure you use french bread with plenty of salted butter as this is whats gives such a fantastic flavour. you can also add some bacon just before the leeks are added and you can also add some green salad if serving as a main meal.