What to do with oodles of leeks?

PasturesNew

Lots of leek recipes here, with photos. Some nice sounding ones ....
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search.do?keywords=Leek&searchType=recipes

abaxas

Two ideas...

1) Leek and mushroom crepes. Filling is just leeks, oinion and mushroom sauteed (sp?) in garlic then you add creme fresh. Roll up in pancakes and put in a lasagne dish, grate some cheese on top and pop in the oven till the cheese browns. I guess you could stealth whatever you wanted to use up in the filling, especially chicken/bacon. :P

2) Make some stock with the 'green bits'. Add in onion,carrot and celery, then boil for a couple of hours!

Stephen_Leak

Good recipe for leek & potato soup - just leeks, potatoes, water, stock cube and some milk at the end. Also it doesn't need cooking for hours.

LEEK & POTATO SOUP

Serves 2

INGREDIENTS

250g of leek
250g of potato
1 tablespoon of oil
400ml of water
1 vegetable stock cube
100ml of milk
Ground pepper to taste

METHOD

Wash the leeks and chop the bottom off, then chop them (see below) into 1cm (½ inch) pieces. Peel the potatoes and chop them into 1cm (½ inch) cubes.

Put the oil into a saucepan on a medium heat. Add the leeks and fry them for about 10 minutes. Stir frequently to stop them sticking or browning.

Add the water, stock cube and potatoes. Stir thoroughly.

Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat until it is just boiling (simmering). If you want the potato to stay chunky, cook for about 15 minutes until the potato is just soft. If you want to mash the potato, cook for about 20 minutes.

If you have a food processor, put the soup in it and blend it to the desired consistency. If you have a hand blender, put it in the soup and blend it to the desired consistency. If you don’t have a food processor or hand blender, use a potato masher, press the soup through a sieve with the back of a spoon, or leave it lumpy.

Just before serving, add the milk. Season with the pepper. Stir thoroughly.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Add a clove of garlic or ½ an onion, finely chopped, at the same time as the leeks. Substitute the milk for crème fraîche or single cream.

TIPS

The easiest way to chop leeks is to slice each one lengthwise into four (which makes it look a bit like celery) and then chop them from top to bottom.

NowWhat_2

I've searched to see if I could find a thread specifically on recipes using leeks and had no joy.

Is there one already in existence? Has anyone any good ideas for using leeks please?

Olliebeak

Have you checked out this link to the Main Cookery Index: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=825688#post825688

Might also be worth typing in Leek Recipes on google and see what comes up - should be loads of information .

Penelope_Penguin

NowWhat wrote: »

I've searched to see if I could find a thread specifically on recipes using leeks and had no joy.

Take a look at this thread for tips on searching

A quick Title search threw up a long thread with uses for leeks, so I'll add this to that to give you lots of ideas

Penny. x

Gorgeestwo

Hi, does anyone have a recipe for a leek gratin, I'm sure years ago I made one, with leeks in a cheese sauce, that sort of set when it was cooked, but most of the recipe's I've found have potatoes in, but I'm sure the one I made didn't.
Thanks in advance for any help :beer:

SailorSam

http://www.jamieoliver.com/magazine/recipes-view.php?title=leek-gratin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/leekandsweetpotatogr_89400

CCP

There's a nice recipe in the JO Ministry of Food book - it doesn't seem to be on his website but someone's reproduced it here. Otherwise I think I'd just do a normal cheese sauce, add the chopped leeks and bake until golden - I usually top with cheesy breadcrumbs if I do it this way but you don't have to.

Enjoy your leeks!

peachyprice

I just make a cheese sauce and whack the leeks in then leave it to simmer a while for the leeks to soften. I'm having this tonight with my roast beef.