Cream of Endive Soup with Fried Bread Chips

Ingredients

• Bread Chips

  • ½ ciabatta baguette, frozen for 15 minutes
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) olive oil

• Soup

  • 1 leek, white part only, thinly sliced
  • 1 large potato, peeled and diced
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 4 white endives, thinly sliced
  • 1 ½ cups (375 ml) milk
  • 1 ½ cups (375 ml) chicken or vegetable broth
  • ½ cup (125 ml) 15% or 35% cream

• Toppings

  • 1 red or white endive, leaves separated and julienned
  • Chervil or flat-leaf parsley leaves, to taste
  • Ground Espelette or Gorria pepper (Espelette-style), to taste