{"id":4531,"date":"2025-02-28T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/?p=4531"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:29:02","slug":"corinne-rachelles-cock-a-leekie-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/?p=4531","title":{"rendered":"Corinne Rachelle's Cock-a-leekie soup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cock-a-leekie Soup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a traditional Scottish soup. that is warm and comforting, It's also a nod to my mother. Who was born on the 1st of March, (which in Wales Saint David's day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mother loved. the fact. that usually daffodils would be in abundance, furthermore as leaks, are the symbolic to Wales she would make this soup around her birthday. quite often when I was a child. Traditionally, in Scotland it was normal to put prunes In this soup, however My mother always omitted them, she did add oats which added a creaminess body to the soup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients. For 6 to 8 portions. This soup freezes well.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.5 kilogrammes of chicken.  Use a whole chicken or chicken thighs or legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 litres chicken stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Bay leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 medium onion cut in 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 leeks, Cut lengthways., washed thoroughly under running cold water then then sliced thinly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One teaspoon of good quality sea salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half a teaspoon of ground black pepper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One clove of garlic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One dessert spoon of gluten free porridge oats. or any quick porridge oats<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half a cup of chopped parsley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wash the chicken under cold water and place in a large pot that has a tight-fitting lid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add the onion, bay leaves and garlic .to the pot cover with the stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bring the chicken to the boil then simmer. for approximately an hour and a quarter, or until the chicken is cooked through. (You can assess that by. making sure there's no trace of pink between the drumstick and the thigh if its not cooked enough cook a further 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remove the chicken from the pot with a slotted spoon placing it on a large plate to cool a bit. return any juice back into the saucepan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Removet the meat from the chicken bones taking of the skin chop the meat into bite size pieces return it into the saucepan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Add the leaks and the parsley to the soup along with the chicken meat bring to the boil & simmer 20 minutes or until the leaks are soft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add the Porridge oats by sprinkling them across the top of the soup stir them in well and cook for a further 5 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat the soup serve piping hot with crusty bread, and a glass malt whiskey! it makes a wonderful meal in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cock-a-leekie Soup This is a traditional Scottish soup. that is warm and comforting, It's also a nod to my mother. Who was born on the 1st of March, (which in Wales Saint David's day). My mother loved. the fact. that usually daffodils would be in abundance, furthermore as leaks, are the symbolic to Wales she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4533,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531\/revisions\/4533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}