Potage aux Poireaux et au Gingembre

Description
I found this recipe in "Elle" magazine and just had to try it. This is a great comfort food recipe for cold & flu season, as it helps fight those bouts of the chills! It's also a nice recipe for dinner parties because, although it's a little time-consuming to prepare, it is easy to make, and is quite filling, so a little goes a long way. Hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients

 * 3 leeks
 * 3 potatoes
 * 1 liter chicken bouillon
 * 2 teaspoons butter
 * 1 piece ginger
 * ¼ loaf stale French bread
 * ½ bunch fresh chives
 * 1 cup sour cream
 * 2 tablespoons olive oil (approx.)
 * salt and pepper

Directions

 * 1) Wash and peel the potatoes and cut into small chunks.
 * 2) Wash and chop leeks.
 * 3) Peel and chop ginger (i couldn't find whole ginger in the supermarket, so i just used regular ground ginger, 1 to 1½ tsp, I think)
 * 4) Cut or tear the bread into small pieces.
 * 5) Heat olive oil in a pan and add bread.
 * 6) Brown bread until just toasted.
 * 7) Move bread onto a paper towel-lined plate to absorb excess oil.
 * 8) Wash and chop chives (here again, i just used dried chives as the store was out of fresh).
 * 9) In a large saucepan, cook potatoes in the bouillon for 25 minutes.
 * 10) In a sauté pan, melt butter and stir in ginger.
 * 11) Then add the leeks and let sautée 8 minutes, stirring often.
 * 12) When the potatoes are ready, add the leeks and the bread to the saucepan.
 * 13) Mix well.
 * 14) Add salt and pepper to taste.
 * 15) Pour into soup bowls.
 * 16) Sprinkle with chives and serve topped with a spoonful of sour cream.