Croatian Leek Soup - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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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
Preparation
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Wash and cut leek into thin rounds.
Saute the leek in olive oil until tender and than add flour. Saute it for 2 minutes and add water, at first little to make creamy sauce and than make soup out of it.
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.
In the meantime cut bread into small cubes and fry it on butter until crispy.
Crush and fry pine nuts without any fat on frying pan until they get brownish.
Cut Swiss cheese into leaves (2 mm thin).
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.
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