For me winter wouldn't be complete without a few good soups...or perhaps more than a few. There is no better way to warm up on a cold winter day than with a cup of soup in hand, as it warms you straight down to your gut. If not the main course, soups provide the perfect starter to ease you in to a hearty meal as well.
If you remember, I was just waxing poetic on the virtues of overwinter leeks, but then I left you waiting for an actual soup recipe to use them in and only provided you with a way to turn the parts of the leek you wouldn't use into a broth. I intend to rectify that today. A simple leek and onion bisque will make use of all the vegetables we didn't use when we made our vegetable broth.
This soup would make a fantastic starter to a grass-fed braised pot roast dinner, but it makes a meal of itself when paired with a loaf of homemade bread. It's a winter offering of warmth in a cup.
