What to do with oodles of leeks?

onetomany

:rolleyes: soz chicken and leek pie yum yum think i need to have this 2moro

tessie_bear

nice with cheese sauce

sunflower76

Bacon and leeks with pasta in a cheese sauce?
Chicken and leek pie?
Boiled as a side dish?
Cheesy baked leeks?
Leek and potato soup?

I usually freeze them chopped but not blanched as I find they are a bit soggy when cooked if I do.

I love leeks, yum.

nicksgirl237

Def make loads of stock - you can freeze it and then always have it for soups/risottos etc...

Pink.

Hi HopeElizzy,

There's an earlier thread with lots of ideas for using up leeks so I've added your thread to it to keep the suggestions together. This thread may help with freezing any you can't use up:

Can I freeze fresh leeks?

Pink

Frugalista

Did a late night shop last night (on the way home from the Bristol meet - :wave: Hi everyone!) and got six packs of leeks for 10p each, well it is St Davids day today:rotfl: .

Problem is, what can I do with them all? I will make leek & potato soup and leek & butterbean bake - but will still have some left over. I don't have much room in the freezer but could possibly squeeze a few in there - can I just slice and freeze them?

Any ideas gratefully received .

Olliebeak

I just wash, pat dry, slice and freeze on open trays (to stop them from all sticking together) and then bag them up. I like to keep the dark green bits (for in stews) separate from the pale/white bits (for soup/serving as a veg).

Pink.

Hi Frugalista,

Happy St David's Day!

There is some advice on freezing leeks here:

Can I freeze fresh leeks?

And lots of ideas for using up leeks on this thread:

What to do with oodles of leeks?

Pink

Frugalista

Thanks for those links Pink - had done a search but didn't get very far.

Am now off to explore all those lovely leek recipes......:D

PasturesNew

You should have been off at the procession.... not faffing about with leeks!