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From: robert.foster@nashville.com (Robert Foster)
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Subject: Vichyssoise
Date: 14 May 1995 06:42:23 -0600
Organization: The Nashville Exchange BBS 615-383-0727
Message-ID: <000006D700000A02@nashville.com>
---------- Recipe via UNREGISTERED Meal-Master (tm) v8.01
Title: Vichyssoise Creme Glacee'
Categories: Soup, French, Classic
Yield: 8 servings
4 ea Leeks, washed & coarsely chopped
1 ea Onion, chopped
1 tb Unsalted butter
2 lg Russet potatoes, peeled & diced, held in ice water
2 ts Salt
2 c Milk
2 c Half&half
1 c Heavy cream
White pepper to taste
Fresh chives, thinly sliced
In a kettle, cook leeks and onion in the butter over low heat, stirring
occasionally, until they are softened. Add the potatoes with the water and
the salt. Simmer the mixture, covered, for 30-40 minutes, or until the
potatoes are soft. Add milk and h&h and bring the mixture just to a boil,
stirring. In a food processor, puree the mixture in batches, and strain it
through a very fine sieve into a bowl. Stir the cream and white pepper
into the soup and chill, covered, until it is very cold. Garnish with
chives and serve cold. Makes about 11 cups. A Gourmet Mag. favorite, 1954,
by Louis Diat, who was Chef de Cuisine at the NY Ritz-Carlton and a Gourmet
contributor. He invented vichyssoise.