Creamy Potato, Carrot, And Leek Soup

ingredients

• servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 leeks, chopped
• 4 celery stalks, chopped
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 6 large potatoes, diced
• 5 carrots, chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream

recipe

preparation time: 20 mins cook time: 45 mins ready time: 1 hr 5 mins


• melt butter in a stock pot over medium-high heat. cook and stir leeks and celery in butter until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. pour chicken broth and vegetable broth into the pot; add potatoes, carrots, salt, and bay leaf.
• bring the mixture to a boil and cook until the potatoes and carrots are soft, about 20 minutes. remove and discard bay leaf.
• blend soup with an immersion blender until smooth. stir cream into the soup, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer soup until thickened, about 20 minutes.