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Leek Soup

“The wedding feast began with a thin leek soup, followed by a salad of green beans, onions, and beets…” -Storm of Swords

Medieval Leek Soup

Thoughts:

This was a simple, tasty recipe pairing.

The medieval leek soup took all of 5 minutes to prepare, and the result was an interesting, tasty broth with a bit of kick.  The pepper and ginger lengthen the feeling of heat in your mouth, transitioning from the temperature of the hot soup to the warm sensation of the spices.

If you were a monk traveling the open road and cooking over campfires, the modern recipe would be your dinner of choice. The citrus flavor makes the soup wonderfully fresh-tasting, perfect for a spring evening with a chunk of sourdough bread. Leeks are a gem of a veg, underused in cooking these days.

Try both recipes and let us know your favorite- viva la leek!

 

Medieval Leek Soup

Take funges and pare hem clene and dyce hem; take leke and shrede hym small and do hym to seeþ in gode broth. Colour it with safroun, and do þerinne powdour fort. -Forme of Curye, ~1390

Ingredients:

  • 1½ handfuls of mushrooms
  • 6 threads saffron (or a pinch of ground saffron)
  • 1 leek
  • ¼ tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp. ground pepper
  • 2 c beef broth (or chicken broth)
  • ¼ tsp salt

Wash the vegetables; slice the leek finely and dice the mushrooms. Add saffron to the broth and bring it to a boil. Add the leek, mushrooms, and powder fort to the broth, simmer 3-4 minutes, remove from the heat, and serve.We prefer to use beef broth, but it is also good with chicken.

Modern Leek Soup

Ingredients:

  • 3 medium leeks
  • 1 medium carrot
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 4 hand fulls spring greens
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 1 litre vegetable stock
  • 2 bay leaves

Trim the green end of the leeks to about 3 inches above the white, and cut root end. At root end, slice a cross to about halfway up the stalks, and rinse. Slice the leeks into thin rings. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the leeks. Cover and simmer over a low heat until the leeks are softened, but not colored.

Chop the celery and carrot and add to the pan. Pour in vegetable stock, add bay leaves, salt, and pepper, and leave to simmer for 20 minutes or until veg is soft but sill vibrantly colored.

Rinse the spring greens and shred into thin ribbons.

Grate the lemon zest and drop into thepot with the shredded greens. Simmer for 2-3 minutes until the greens are just tender, juice the lemon into the soup and serve.

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26 Responses

  1. justin cottrell says
    April 26, 2011 at 4:54 pm

    This is amazing! love this website, and the great world the recipes come from!

    Reply
  2. wtlloyd says
    April 26, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    Ground Saffron? GROUND Saffron? Madam, how DARE you!

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    • Needs Mead says
      April 26, 2011 at 8:25 pm

      I know! But it’s what I have, thanks to a trip to a spice bazaar a few years ago. It seemed the thing to buy given the setting, and it’s lasted me all this time. Incidentally, I highly recommend spice bazaars…

      Reply
  3. Agrippa says
    May 1, 2011 at 2:13 am

    I didn’t have ground ginger so I just diced some ginger root. I also forgot the saffron, but still this was very good and very easy and quick to make. Thank you and keep up the good work.

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  4. Opally says
    May 2, 2011 at 10:17 am

    I made the modern version, and used a bunch of dandelion greens and some baby broccoli and it was great! I really enjoyed the food descriptions in A Song of Ice and Fire, I’m so glad you’re experimenting with them.

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  6. Josh Day says
    May 3, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    I love your blog! The pictures really make it everything come to life.

    I made the Middle English version the other night–turned out great. Very simple. If you can, use homemade stock. Leaps and bounds better than anything store-bought.

    I added a few diced stalks of garlic shoots (the green part of the plant, tastes like scallions). Great addition.

    We had this soup with the white beans and bacon. Went very well together.

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    • Josh Day says
      May 3, 2011 at 4:05 pm

      Oh, the type of mushrooms you use can make or break the dish. I used wood ear mushrooms. Next time I’m going to try oyster mushrooms.

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      • Miko Simons says
        February 21, 2013 at 12:56 am

        Try crimini! I used a bunch and it made the soup so earthy and rich.

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  7. Tim says
    May 24, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    I made the medieval version yesterday, and added a carrot for good measure. I’m sure that you could add many different kinds of vegetables or meat to this soup, but the basic recipe is already very, very good by itself – so good that I made it twice.

    Seeing all these wonderful foods come to life is awesome!

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  8. Jessica says
    June 5, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    I made the medieval version a few weeks back and it was fantastic, though it really only made enough for two, so I had to double up the recipe. We had a vegetarian in our viewing party, so we just substituted some Better than Bouilion (veggie base) in lieu of the of the beef/chicken broth and it still came out fantastic. I love this blog!

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  9. David says
    June 28, 2011 at 11:54 pm

    I made this today (the modern recipe) and added some endive instead of spring greens (going to be making some of the white bean and bacon later). It’s wonderful, I would suggest that you go easy on the lemon; I may have used too much and it took over a bit. Otherwise it was amazing. Would definitely make again.

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    • David says
      June 29, 2011 at 12:04 am

      I should also mention that I added some tofu for protein because I was too lazy to cook chicken. Worked well.

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  10. Michelle Sukup Jackson says
    November 4, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    I initially made the modern version for our GOT season finale feast. It’s now become a staple in our house – It is light enough to eat through the summer with a salad or bread and cheese, but still flavorful enough to eat into winter for a little pick me up. I just add a bit more pepper. I’ve done this with swiss chard because I had some to use up. I didn’t like it as well as just spring greens or arugula, but it was still super tasty! Thanks for introducing me to this great soup!

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  11. Justin says
    December 30, 2011 at 6:34 pm

    I made the modern Leek soup last night. My wife loved it. I did enoy it, though I feel like I over lemoned it. I juiced an entire lemon, and I feel like it hid the other flavors. Was that too much? If so, can you specify how much to juice in your recipe- one whole, half, wedge? All the same, she pointed out this may be a fantastic soup for a cold.

    Although, I think part of the fun here may be to do what works….I added black mushrooms shreds to the modern. I couldn’t resist. I look forward to trying pork pie very soon. Modern and Medieval.

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  12. Amanda Lunderman says
    January 22, 2012 at 6:03 am

    I love your work so much! There are so many reasons I love your work I can barely begin to tell you them all. For starters I love the fact that your work is based upon the gustatory fabrications of an inspired (possibly hungry) imagineer. You are also very talented imagineers to have recreated foods from mere descriptive words (and true a bit of historical digging). I absolutely must have your cookbook to study and cook from. I know many a group of people who will benefit from full bellies and satisfied tongues from your historical/fantastical works.

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  13. B Lolly says
    May 13, 2012 at 10:15 am

    I’ve been making the medieval version about once a month since I read about it here, though I’ve been leaving out the saffron as the average price here in montreal seems to be about 6.50$ a pinch. My girlfriend and her father had nothing but good things to say when I made it with chicken stock, the beef stock was..less popular.

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  14. Lady Renee says
    August 16, 2012 at 7:51 am

    I love leeks! This will be a must-try.

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  15. superrotuladorRi says
    May 19, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    I’ve tried the recipe, and I really enjoyed it! It’s incredible that something can be so simple and tasty. Congratulations on Frey’s cook

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  16. Danielle says
    June 23, 2013 at 12:18 am

    This was very tasty and took only only about 30 to 45 min to prepare. I added some oyster mushrooms instead of the celery and only juiced half a lemon.

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  17. librarianeats says
    September 1, 2013 at 2:49 pm

    Went on a hunt for a leek soup recipe and found so much more… THIS BLOG! A treasure in the blogoshere :) Off to make soup, be back later to read more!

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    • Chelsea M-C says
      September 1, 2013 at 6:51 pm

      Welcome! :D

      Reply
  18. roland says
    October 1, 2014 at 9:31 am

    Medieval was very good, but i made it on fish broth :D

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  19. Angela says
    October 19, 2014 at 6:16 pm

    We made the medieval version with some chicken broth left over from a slow-cooker chicken recipe and it was AMAZING. My husband loves cooking with leeks. We’ll definitely be adding this to our usual recipe rotation!

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  20. Ute Rogge says
    June 6, 2018 at 11:13 pm

    I would like to know how many servings the Medieval recipe makes? I’ll be feeding 20 very hungry folk. Love this site!

    Reply
    • Chelsea M-C says
      June 19, 2018 at 9:36 pm

      Not many- I’m guessing about 2 smaller servings. Happy feasting!

      Reply

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