This is yummy.

I was at the grocery store a lil while ago and they had a salad bar in their little deli area so I bought a little less than a pound of artichoke heats to make some soup with (after seeing it somewhere on tv)

I picked up some leek, and a couple yukon gold potatoes (very small ones)


rinsed and cut up some of the leek, a few cloves or garlic and tossed it into a pan with a few tbsp of butter to saute



after the leek was softened and the garlic was aromatic I dumped a bunch of chicken stock in and the diced potatoes



just enough to cover it


brought that to a boil and then let it simmer for an hour so, then after a spin in the food processor we had a nice creamy soup

finish it with a little butter and heavy cream and salt to taste.

yum




I used
.85 lbs of fresh artichoke hearts
2 small yukon gold potato, diced
sliced leek maybe a 1/4 cup
3 good sized cloves of garlic, minced
enough chicken stock to cover everything in the pan
pinch of dried thyme
pinch of dried parsley
~3 tbsp butter

so in a heavy bottomed pan tossed in the butter, saute the leek and garlic until softened add the chicken stock and potato added the seasoning

bring it to by a boil and then reduce heat and let simmer for an hour

puree in a food processor until smooth

finish with a couple tbsp of heavy cream and butter, serve

I would suggest you serve it with some hard toasted bread (garlic rubbed crostini) and sprinkle some sun dried tomatoes and fresh herbs on the top of the soup bowl.



I've got a ton of recipes like this, I'll post more if people want