Name: Cream of chicken soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 g chicken; 300 ml white wine; 4 small onions, quartered; 4 celery sticks, quartered; 2 leeks, quartered; 2 tsp thyme; 2 bay leaves; ground black pepper; ½ tsp salt; 40 g plain flour; 300 ml cream; 2 l chicken stock

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A luxury soup! Not the cheapest to make but it is delicious!

Yields4 Servings

Prep Time10 minsCook Time1 hrTotal Time1 hr 10 mins

500 g chicken

300 ml white wine

4 small onions, quartered

4 celery sticks, quartered

2 leeks, quartered

2 tsp thyme

2 bay leaves

ground black pepper

½ tsp salt

40 g plain flour

300 ml cream

2 l chicken stock

Put your chicken in the pot and fry for a few minutes until browned

pour in the wine and boil hard until reduced by half

add the veg and thyme and salt and pepper and stir

add the stock, cover the pan and simmer for 45 minutes

take out the chicken and shred it

remove the bay leaves and discard

Blitz the soup with a hand blender

Blend the flour and cream together with a couple of ladles of the hot soup until smooth

stir the creamy mix into the soup and stir well

add the shredded chicken back in, cover and simmer for 10 minutes to thicken

serve with lots of black pepper!

Ingredients