Potato, leek and ham soup

Warm up with this hearty potato, leek and ham soup.

Recipe «Potato, leek and ham soup» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 25g butter, 2 leeks, washed, trimmed, sliced, 600g potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped, 7 cups water, 500g ham hock , 3 flat-leaf parsley stalks, salt and cracked black pepper, chopped chives, to serve .

Ingredients:

• 25g butter 
• 2 leeks, washed, trimmed, sliced 
• 600g potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped 
• 7 cups water 
• 500g ham hock 
• 3 flat-leaf parsley stalks 
• salt and cracked black pepper 
• chopped chives, to serve 

Instructions

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add leek and cook for 3 minutes or until soft (do not brown).
2. Add potato, water, ham and parsley and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour or until ham is soft. Remove ham and transfer to a plate to cool slightly. Remove soup from heat and set aside.
3. Shred the ham roughly. Remove parsley stalks from soup. Using a hand blender, process the soup until smooth. Return 3/4 ham to soup and return pan to the heat for 2 minutes or until soup is warmed through. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle soup between serving bowls and top with remaining ham and chives. Serve immediately.