vichyssoise
[vish-ee-swahz, vee-shee-swahz]
- a cream soup of potatoes and leeks, usually served chilled and often garnished with chopped chives.
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Origin of vichyssoise
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Contemporary Examples
It is also versatile as a soup base; add watercress and you have watercress soup, or stir in cream and chill it for a vichyssoise.
vichyssoise
- a thick soup made from leeks, potatoes, chicken stock, and cream, usually served chilled
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Word Origin
French, from (crème) Vichyssoise (glacée) (ice-cold cream) from Vichy
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Word Origin and History for vichyssoise
n.
1939, French, in full crême vichyssoise glacée, literally "iced cream (soup) of Vichy" (see Vichy).
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