POTATO, LEEK AND PECORINO SOUP
Potato, Pecorino and Pepper Soup
Soup is probably my favourite thing to make in the Thermomix. We always were a big soup family, but now it is the most requested weekend lunch item! I really can never go back to canned soup. Tried and failed! There is something about putting in a few ingredients, adding liquid and finding out you have the most amazing, fragrant, steaming and delicious hot soup at the end of it all; why would you ever not want a Thermomix? Really!
NEED:
100g Pecorino cheese cubed
2 tsp peppercorns
1 leek cleaned and roughly chopped
30g butter
5-6 medium potatoes (I used Ruby Lou for their creamy properties)
650g water
2tbsp vegetable stock powder
300g milk
DO:
Place cheese and peppercorns into Thermomix bowl and mill for 10 seconds on speed 10. Set aside.
Place leek and butter into Thermomix bowl and chop for 3 seconds on speed 7. Saute for 3 minutes at Varoma temperature on speed 2. Add potatoes, and chop for a few seconds on speed 4.
Add water and stock powder and cook for 15 minutes at 100°C on speed 2-3 until potatoes are well cooked. Add milk and cheese and cook for a further 4 minutes at 100°C on speed 2-3. Puree by bringing speed up slowly to speed 8 for approximately 30 seconds. The liquid is extremely hot and may spit as the speed increases, so use caution. Serve immediately.
