Have just made a pot of leek and potato soup (haven't made it before) and as I live on my own want to freeze some in smaller containers. The recipe says to let it cool and put it through a blender which I have just done and then add milk and/or cream and reheat. Question is as I am going to freeze most of it do I still add the milk and/or cream before I freeze or when I thaw it out and want to eat. Many thanks.

franny8 - 2018-05-30 16:47:00

I freeze my soup after I've added the milk or cream...it's ok after reheating...no problems.

rainrain1 - 2018-05-30 17:15:00

It really doesn't matter. I would tend to leave the milk/cream until the reheating stage simply because without it the soup will take up less space in the freezer.

davidt4 - 2018-05-30 17:26:00

rainrain1 wrote:

I freeze my soup after I've added the milk or cream...it's ok after reheating...no problems.

Same here.
I have yet to find a recipe that I really love for leek & potato soup though, the ones that I have tried are a bit bland.
I have a pile of leeks in the garden & atm, chicken& leek pie wins over soup & they freeze well too.

samanya - 2018-05-30 17:58:00

Thanks for you help.

franny8 - 2018-05-30 22:59:00

Leek and Potato Soup

1 Tblsp butter
3 small rashers bacon
3 medium leeks sliced thinly
1 Kg potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
2 litres of chicken or vegetable stock
Fresh ground black pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan
Heat oil in large saucepan, add bacon and cook, stirring occasionally till crisp. Remove from pan.
Add leeks, cook, stirring for about 5 minutes till tender.
Add potatoes and stock and bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for about 45minutes.
Remove from heat, cool slightly.
Using stick blender, process until thick and chunky. (recipe says thick and chunky, but I probably would go with smooth cause I like it that way)
Add cooked bacon to soup and reheat until it is hot.
season to taste.

Don't blame me if it's not nice, because I haven't tried it, but it reads yummy!

Edited by rainrain1 at 7:15 am, Thu 31 May

rainrain1 - 2018-05-31 07:14:00

Yum ..love leek and potato soup...lots of chicken stock

jbsouthland - 2018-05-31 07:20:00

rainrain1 wrote:

Leek and Potato Soup

1 Tblsp butter
3 small rashers bacon
3 medium leeks sliced thinly
1 Kg potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
2 litres of chicken or vegetable stock
Fresh ground black pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan
Heat oil in large saucepan, add bacon and cook, stirring occasionally till crisp. Remove from pan.
Add leeks, cook, stirring for about 5 minutes till tender.
Add potatoes and stock and bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for about 45minutes.
Remove from heat, cool slightly.
Using stick blender, process until thick and chunky. (recipe says thick and chunky, but I probably would go with smooth cause I like it that way)
Add cooked bacon to soup and reheat until it is hot.
season to taste.

Don't blame me if it's not nice, because I haven't tried it, but it reads yummy!

thanks rainrain, that sounds tastier than the recipes I've tried ...the bacon & parmesan would give it more flavour.

samanya - 2018-05-31 11:39:00

jbsouthland wrote:

Yum ..love leek and potato soup...lots of chicken stock

I didn't have chicken stock on hand when I went to the pantry, do used beef stock instead. Bad mistake - the soup tastes of stock!

cosimo - 2018-05-31 20:55:00

cosimo wrote:

I didn't have chicken stock on hand when I went to the pantry, do used beef stock instead. Bad mistake - the soup tastes of stock!

My mother would have called you a silly sausage for doing that

rainrain1 - 2018-06-02 11:36:00

garnish with chopped leeks dry well shake in bag with corn flour then fry This topping is great on fish pie also

ritebuy - 2018-06-02 14:47:00

rainrain1 wrote:

My mother would have called you a silly sausage for doing that

She would have been right.

cosimo - 2018-06-02 15:44:00

bumped for cookiebarrel. :-))

245sam - 2019-05-20 08:23:00

franny8 wrote:

Question is as I am going to freeze most of it do I still add the milk and/or cream before I freeze or when I thaw it out .

Either.
You can freeze both milk and cream and it keeps for ages.

lythande1 - 2019-05-20 10:12:00

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malcovy - 2019-05-20 14:15:00

245sam wrote:

bumped for cookiebarrel. :-))

Thank you so much for that 245sam.

cookiebarrel - 2019-05-20 18:32:00