Croatian Leek Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 250 g leeks
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 g flour
• 2 g garlic (or 1 garlic clove)
• 60 g parmesan cheese (grated)
• 40 g swiss cheese
• 200 g bread
• 20 g butter
• salt
• pepper
• 1200 ml water

Recipe

• 1 wash and cut leek into thin rounds.
• 2 sauté the leek in olive oil until tender and than add flour. sauté it for 2 minutes and add water, at first little to make creamy sauce and than make soup out of it.
• 3 add the whole garlic clove and remove after 1 hour cooking. season it with salt and pepper. cook for 1 to 1, 5 hours on gentle fire.
• 4 in the meantime cut bread into small cubes and fry it on butter until crispy.
• 5 crush and fry pine nuts without any fat on frying pan until they get brownish.
• 6 cut swiss cheese into leaves (2 mm thin).
• 7 before serving put bread and pine nuts in a plate, cover with swiss cheese. pour the soup over bread and cheese and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.