150g leeks
100g onions
200g potatoes
20g butter
200ml milk,
1/2 litre water
salt, pepper, nutmeg
2 nice sprigs of chervil
(serves 4)
Peel the leeks and onions. Chop the vegetables finely (I find a processor does a better job than i could ever do). Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the leeks and onions. Stir, cover and cook for 10 mins. Then add the potatoes, season with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg. Pour the milk with 1/2 litre of hot water into the saucepan. Cook for a further 20 mins. Chop the chervil and season to taste and sprinkle with mixed herbs.
You can change the flavour by using parsley, tarragon, basil or other herbs instead of the chervil.