Type Soup | Place of origin Scotland | |
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Main ingredients Leeks, chicken stock, sometimes prunes Similar Chicken meat, Leek, Potato, Cranachan, Scotch broth | ||
How to make cock a leekie soup
Cock-a-leekie soup is a Scottish soup dish consisting of leeks and peppered chicken stock, often thickened with rice, or sometimes barley. The original recipe added prunes during cooking, and traditionalists still garnish with a julienne of prunes.
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- How to make cock a leekie soup
- November recipe cock a leekie soup with chicken and puff pastry
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While it is called “Scotland’s National Soup,” it probably originated as a chicken and onion soup in France. By the 16th century, it had made its way to Scotland, where the onions were replaced with leeks. The first recipe was printed in 1598, though the name “cock-a-leekie” did not come into use until the 18th century.
There are vegetarian versions of this soup. The vegetarian version has leeks and may include mixed vegetables, chicken flavoured meat substitute and/or prunes.
Cockie Leekie was also one of two choices of soup on the Titanic's lunch menu the day it sank on April 14th, 1912.