Ingredients:
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 tablespoons garlic cloves (chopped)
2 ounces fresh thyme leaves
2 bay leaves
10 yellow onions (julienned)
2 leeks (julienned)
2 cups white wine
8 cups veal stock
2 cups heavy whipping cream
To taste kosher salt
To taste white pepper (ground)
Garnish:
3 garlic croutons (toasted, for each bowl of soup)
2 mozzarella cheese slices (for each bowl of soup)
1 teaspoon fresh parsley (chopped)
1 Gruyere cheese slice (for each bowl of soup)
Procedure:
Heat a large saucepan over high heat, and add butter, garlic, thyme and pay leaves. Add the onions and leeks. Saute until caramelized. Deglaze the pan with the white wine to reduce. Add the veal stock. Simmer, and add the heavy cream. Simmer until it reaches the desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
Place 8 ounce hot soup in soup bowl. Place three garlic croutons inside the soup bowl, and top with 2 mozzarella cheese slices and 1 gruyere cheese slice. Place the soup bowl in the broiler to gratin the cheese. Place the soup bowl on a mid-sized serving plate and top with parsley.
Wine pairing: Cune; Crianza: Rioja Alta, Spain
Restaurant: Celebrity Cruises
Recipe Type: AuthenticSubmitted By: Celebrity Cruises
Recipe Author: Celebrity Cruises’ Famous Chef
Original Photograph By: Celebrity Cruises
Photograph Retouched By: Recipe Spy/cruisetraveloutlet.com
Recipe Source: http://www.cruisetraveloutlet.com/before-you-board/celebrity-cruises-recipe-of-the-week/creamy-onion-and-leek-soup/