Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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Vichyssoise! Served cold, this soup is reportedly the favorite soup of Julia Child, changed Bourdain's perspective on cooking. Learning to cook Vichyssoise with Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook.

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📚 Chapters
00:00 - Anthony Bourdain's Vichyssoise
00:50 - Breaking Down The Ingredients
01:14 - Prepping The Dish
04:31 - The Most Dangerous Step
06:44 - Plating, Tasting, What I Would Do Different

🍎 Ingredients
• 4 tbsp / 56 g butter
• 8 leeks , white part only, cleaned and thinly sliced
• 2 medium potatoes , skinned and cut into small cubes
• 4 cups / 900 ml light chicken stock or broth
• 2 cups / 450 ml heavy cream
• 1 pinch of nutmeg
• salt and pepper (white pepper optional)
• 4 fresh chives , finely chopped

🫕 Equipment
• large, heavy-bottomed pot
• wooden spoon
• blender
• medium mixing bowl
• large bowl, filled with ice water

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