When Su Pollard and I were both on the run (for very different reasons, I hasten to add) we used to sometimes meet in Namibia to go jet skiing off the Skeleton Coast. One day, the weather out at sea took something of a turn for the worse. It can get dashed cold out there in the South Atlantic, mes choux, let me tell you.
As we took the speedboat back through the ever bigger waves to the shore, Su grinned and, reaching into her bag, said 'Here's a little summat I prepared earlier, pet.'
It was, darlings, a flask of the most capital leek and potato soup I have ever tasted. Rich, warming and deeply satisfying. Just what a storm on the Skeleton Coast called for, and it certainly made this silver fox an especially happy camper.
I don't sadly recall much of the rest of that afternoon, as we took refuge from the storm in a small beach bar where we played beer pong with vast quantities of Windhoek lager, before Su insisted on getting started on the Klippies. (Paul Shane had apparently taught her how to drink it with Coca-Cola, and the rest was just a blur....)
Su did later, however, give me her recipe for the soup which I set out below. And you can buy all the ingredients at the market.
I can't recommend the soup to you more highly.
And it's so easy!
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