vichyssoise

     

Vichyssoise ([viʃiˈswɑz], commonly mispronounce [viːʃiːˈswɑː]) is a French-style soup made of puréed leeks, onions, potatoes, cream and chicken stock. It is traditionally served cold.

Trivia about vichyssoise

  • Waiter, we'd like 2 services of this chilled cream-potato-leek soup
  • This chilled leek & potato soup is traditionally topped with chopped chives
  • ...creamy potato & leek soup served cold that's called this
  • Craig Claiborne's recipe for this French soup reminds you to chill thoroughly & pronounce the final "S"
  • This incoming chilled soup is named for a provisional capital of unoccupied France
  • To turn your smooth potato-leek soup into this French-American classic, add heavy cream
  • Ritz Carlton chef Louis Diat invented this soup around 1910 & named it for a city near his home in France

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