Boom: doubled my money on two New Year's resolutions in one with this "vicious" French soup. Yes, the real name is vichyssoise, but we're talking revenge here, so vicious vichyssoise it was! Plus, we all know revenge is a dish best served cold*. This soup is served cold (and is easily veganized if need be). No brainer! Plus, my girl Julia Child put it in her classic cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which I felt only appropriate to use for a classic book dinner party.
I should also add that I have had, for years, and irrational distrust of this soup. Potatoes in soup have always kind of turned me off. But you know what? That's stoopid. This soup is easy to make and it is tasty, even if it does look like baby food. Julia, however, let me down by leaving me and my potato hating prejudices a fish out of water in the potato aisle when I had to actually choose a potato. I read the descriptions and settled on Russets. They seem to work fine, but as I have no frame of reference...let me know if I failed lesson one in my Mastery of French cooking. You can make it and serve it completely devoid of dairy, or stir in the cream at the last step. Voila! Enjoy:
I should also add that I have had, for years, and irrational distrust of this soup. Potatoes in soup have always kind of turned me off. But you know what? That's stoopid. This soup is easy to make and it is tasty, even if it does look like baby food. Julia, however, let me down by leaving me and my potato hating prejudices a fish out of water in the potato aisle when I had to actually choose a potato. I read the descriptions and settled on Russets. They seem to work fine, but as I have no frame of reference...let me know if I failed lesson one in my Mastery of French cooking. You can make it and serve it completely devoid of dairy, or stir in the cream at the last step. Voila! Enjoy:
Vichyssoise
(Translation: a vicious revenge-filled soup served cold)
(Translation: a vicious revenge-filled soup served cold)
via Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, with vegetarian adaptations
Serves approximately 6-8
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| Vichyssoise: a vicious revenge filled soup best served cold. Or, more commonly, Cold Leek and Potato Soup |
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