Cock-a-leekie
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| Teep | Soup |
|---|---|
| Place o oreegin | Scotland |
| Main ingredients | Leeks, chicken stock, thickener (oatmeal, rice or pearl barley) |
| Variations | Prunes, bacon |
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Cock-a-leekie soup is a Scots soup dish makit wi leeks an chicken stock, aften thickent wi rice or sometimes baurley. The springheidit recipe addit prunes durin cuikin, an traditionalists still add a jullienne o prunes.
While it's cried "Scotland's Naitional Soup", it likely came frae Fraunce.[1] Bi the late 16t hunneryear,[2] it had makit its wey tae Scotland, whaur the ingans wis swappt oot wi leeks,[3] The furst recipe wis prentit in 1598,[3] tho the name "cock-a-leekie" wisnae uised til the 18t hunneryear.[4]
The vegetarian version o the soup has leeks, an micht include mixed vegetables, chicken flavoured meat substitute an/or prunes.[5]
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]The furst kent mention o the soup is the Orchtertyre House Book (1737), an accounts book that recordit a denner o 'cockie leekie fowlls in it'". The aerliest recipe is frae the Victorian era cuikbeuk writer Isabella Beeton, an is thickent wi "the fine part of oatmeal".[6]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Whitman, Joan. Craig Claiborne’s The New York Times Food Encyclopedia. New York:New York Times Company, 1985
- ↑ "How to make the perfect cock-a-leekie soup". The Guardian. Retrieved October 17, 2019
- ↑ a b Ayto, John. An A to Z of Food & Drink, John Ayto. Oxford:Oxford University Press, 2002
- ↑ Davidson, Alan. Oxford Companion to Food, Alan Davidson. Oxford:Oxford University Press, 1999
- ↑ "Vegetarian Cock-A-Leekie Soup Recipe - Food.com".
- ↑ Brown, Catherine (2011). A Year in A Scots Kitchen. Neil Wilson Publishing.