Step 1:
1. Finely chop the onions and cook on a low heat with some olive oil or butter. Step 3:
2. Boil the potatoes, steam the carrots and leeks (if you don’t have a steamer then a colander in a large saucepan with a lid on the top works just as well…. make sure you check it hasn’t boiled dry, I have burnt many… many…many saucepans this way) Step 5:
3. When the onions are brown and soft add the leeks and cook for a few mins adding some black pepper. Step 7:
4. Add a pint and a half of chicken stock. Step 9:
5. Dice the potato and chuck it into the saucepan with the carrots Step 11:
6. Cover and simmer on a low heat for as long as you like, topping up with water if it starts to reduce. Step 13:
7. Eat with crusty wholemeal bread and snuggle up on the sofa…