CREAMY LEEK AND SPINACH SOUP

Creamy Leek and Spinach Soup image

Creamy leek, spinach, and ham soup. Serve with a nice bread.

Provided by Kim Playfair

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Spinach Soup Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 ½ tablespoons butter
1 leek (white part only), chopped
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
9 cups chicken broth
2 cups cubed fully cooked ham
1 ham bone
2 cups plain yogurt
2 egg yolks
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

Heat butter in a stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir leek and spinach until leek is tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir flour into leek mixture and cook over medium-high, stirring constantly, until mixture flour is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Remove stockpot from heat.
Mix broth, ham, and ham bone into leek mixture; cook, stirring occasionally, over low heat until soup is slightly thickened, about 15 minutes.
Blend yogurt, egg yolks, salt, and pepper together in a blender or food processor until smooth; carefully stir into soup. Cook soup until heated through, about 5 minutes more. Remove and discard ham bone.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 136.7 calories, Carbohydrate 8 g, Cholesterol 55.6 mg, Fat 8.1 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 8.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 367.8 mg, Sugar 3.3 g