In a Pickle · traditional recipes · Recipe 13

Welsh Leek & Potato Soup

A simple, warming Welsh-inspired soup.

Watercolour-style illustration of ingredients for Welsh Leek & Potato Soup: Leeks, Potatoes, Vegetable stock, Butter, Milk, Salt.

Watercolour-style ingredient illustration · AI-generated

Ingredients

Batch size:
500 g
600 g
1000 ml
30 g
150 ml
1 tsp

Method

  1. Wash and slice leeks thoroughly; peel and dice potatoes.
  2. Sweat leeks gently in butter for 8 minutes.
  3. Add potatoes and stock; simmer 20 minutes until tender.
  4. Blend partially or fully, add milk, heat through and season.

Serving & storage

Serve hot. Cool leftovers promptly; refrigerate up to 3–4 days.