Easy Potato Leek Soup

Ingredients

• 1 medium leek, coarsely chopped
• 6-8 button mushrooms, coarsely chopped
• 4 C chicken stock (vegetable stock will substitute)
• Cooking oil
• 1 C Instant mashed potato flakes
• 1-1½ C milk or Half-and-half
• Grated Swiss cheese

Directions

1. Coarsely chop leeks and mushrooms and sweat them in the cooking oil.
2. Add 4 C of chicken stock and bring to a boil. Add instant mashed potato flakes and return to a boil. Once the soup boils again, it is ready.
3. Finish with 1-1½ C of milk and serve topped with grated Swiss cheese

Chef's Notes

• This is a Jacques Pepin classic