Potage Bonne Femme


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Ingredients

6 leeks

4 big potatoes

3 spoons of butter

2 cups of water

2 cups of milk

1 cube of chicken soup (optional)

1 small spoon of sugar

Sea Salt

Pepper

1 split leaf of de bay, so it spreads its aroma better

A bit of fresh thyme (optional)

6 spoons of cream

Chives for decoration

Preparation

Wash the leeks in warm water, so it loses any kind of soil that can be among its leaves. Cut in slices the white part and the green part that is soft. Peel the potatoes and cut it in dice. Melt the butter in a pan and add the vegetables hash; sauté it a bit without browning it. Cover with the water and the milk, add the cube of chicken soup, salt, pepper, sugar and the leaf of bay, and cook slowly for approximately 30 minutes. Once the vegetables are cooked, take the leaf of bay and the thyme out and mill very well the soup in the blender. Put the soup back to the pan and add the cream. Serve very hot and decorate it with chives.