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Soup with potato and leeks in a bowl.

Potato & Leek Soup

4.86 from 7 votes
If you're looking for a dinner recipe that is comforting, filling, and well-balanced, then this is the soup for you!
Servings 8 servings
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 leeks (dark green part trimmed and leeks washed thoroughly; if the leeks are large, you can use 2-3 instead of 4!)
  • 2 celery stalks
  • 5 oz mushrooms (corresponds to 6-8 crimini mushrooms)
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 6-8 medium gold potatoes
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 4 tbsp flour
  • 7 cups (56 oz) vegetable broth or chicken broth, whatever you want to use!
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 3 tbsp chopped fresh dill
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Prepare your vegetables by dicing the mushrooms, celery, leeks, garlic and potatoes (the potatoes should be cut into about 3/4" cubes).
    Chopping mushrooms on a cutting board.
  • Place a large pot on the stove over medium to low heat.
  • Add olive oil to the pot. Add in mushrooms.
    Adding mushrooms to a large pot.
  • Cook the mushrooms until they have released all of their liquid and start caramelizing. This is optional, but we like to remove the mushrooms and add them back at the very end so they stay caramelized!
  • Add your diced celery. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Towards the end of that time, add in the chopped garlic.
    Stirring celery and garlic in a pot.
  • Add in potatoes and butter. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the butter has melted and coated the vegetables.
    Adding butter to the soup.
  • Add in leeks and stir well.
    Adding celery to the pot.
  • Mix in flour and stir well to coat all the vegetables.
    Adding flour to the soup.
  • Pour in vegetable or chicken stock a bit at a time, stirring in between so that the flour fully dissolves; If you need to, you can also use water at this stage, it will just have less flavor!
    Adding stock to create soup base.
  • Mix in dried thyme.
    Seasoning with dried thyme.
  • Cover until the soup comes to a simmer. Uncover and stir occasionally to make sure nothing sticks to the bottom. Cook for around 30 minutes, until the potatoes are tender! You can always add a little more liquid to get the desired texture.
  • At this stage, taste the soup and add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Add in heavy cream and stir well.
    Adding heavy cream to the soup.
  • If you want to, you can blend the soup with an immersion blender, or in a stand blender. We like to keep it chunky!
  • Mix in chopped dill and add back in the mushrooms. Stir, then serve and enjoy!
    Adding in dill.
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: Other
Keyword: autumn, comfort food, cream, dill, hearty, leek, potato, soup, vegetables, vegetarian, winter
Difficulty: Beginner