Creamy Leek Soup with Pancetta, White Beans, and Orzo

by Happy Stirring

We are just over a month into fall and the weather is starting to get colder, meaning…it’s soup season!! I wanted to do a re-shoot for this creamy leek soup because it’s still one of my favorite recipes I’ve ever shared on Happy Stirring.

I’m sure there are many people that are not looking forward to colder weather and raking leaves but hopefully this warm, filling, and comforting creamy leek soup will change their mind! I know I look forward to this every year (I mean, I make it year round, but it just hits different when you’re wearing a sweater and warming your hands with the bowl.)

Creamy Leek Soup with Pancetta, White Beans, and Orzo

The pancetta brings the perfect saltiness to this creamy leek soup. The white beans and the orzo help thicken and make the soup feel heartier. We love a good hearty soup in the fall and winter, it really warms the soul on a cold night. Especially when it’s packed with veggies (there’s some secret spinach in there!) This is one of those recipes that you’re family will be asking for every week, I know this one is widely requested for dinner.

I posted the original creamy leek soup post last fall and I always come back to this one whenever anyone ever asks me what my favorite recipe is. The delicious creamy yet hearty soup is one of my crowning achievements. I hope that you try this one – and if you do, make sure to tag me on my Instagram! The recipe for this stayed the same this time around (don’t mess with perfection, am I right?) But I did manage to up my photography skills since then.

Learning to Love Soup

After writing about how much I love this soup, it’s funny to say that I didn’t even like soup a couple years ago. But turns out, I just needed to try new things, and find out what works best for me. Instead of a broth type of soup, I love a good creamy soup (hence how much I love this soup.)

That being said I don’t have too many other soup recipes as of yet, but I plan to keep experimenting and finding easy but delicious recipes for Happy Stirring. Make sure to subscribe to my emails and stay up to date with all my new content!

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