Saffron Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 leeks, parts only, finely chopped
• 1 cup diced carrot
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1 medium potato, diced
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 4 cups vegetable stock
• 1/4 teaspoon saffron thread
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped green beans
• 1/2 cup peas
• 1/2 cup whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 in a pot, melt butter. add leeks, carrot, celery and onion and cook, stirring, until softened but not browned, about 8 minutes.
• 2 add potato, garlic, vegetable stock, saffron, salt and pepper and bring to a boil. reduce heat and simmer until potato is almost tender, 15 minutes.
• 3 stir in beans and peas. simmer until potato is tender and beans and peas are tender-crisp.
• 4 stir in cream and adjust seasoning. simmer, stirring, until steaming, about 1 minute.