Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, leeks baked in cream. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Butter a suitable flat baking dish and arrange the leeks in it, cut side up. Mix the cream with the mustard, season very lightly with salt (the cream reduces considerably during baking), add pepper to taste, and pour the cream mixture over the leeks. These Creamed Leeks are so simple and make a wonderful side to many dishes.
Leeks Baked in Cream is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Leeks Baked in Cream is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leeks baked in cream using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Leeks Baked in Cream:
- Make ready 3 leeks, trimmed
- Take 100 ml chicken stock, or vegetable stock, or white wine (approx)
- Take 1 tub of thick cream
- Take few handfuls of Parmesan cheese, or mature Cheddar
- Take few handfuls of breadcrumbs or crushed crackers, I bet you could even use crushed crisps
- Make ready salt and pepper
This simple, tasty dish of leeks in a creamy wine sauce goes perfectly with everything. Creamed Leeks. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Place leeks in a baking dish. Bring the cream to a boil in a saucepan.
Steps to make Leeks Baked in Cream:
- Split the leeks half way, lengthways, and rinse under cold running water, fanning out the cut part, then cut in half completely. Grease a baking tin or ovenproof dish with butter.
- Crush the crackers with a stick blender or in a food processor or with the end of a rolling pin in a bowl. Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4.
- Lay the leeks in the prepared tin, add enough stock to just cover the bottom, but not too much - you want to steam the leeks not boil them.
- Cover the top of the leeks with plenty of thick cream, I used creme fraiche, then top this with some salt and pepper and then grated cheese.
- Finish with a layer of crumbs, and another sprinkling of cheese.
- Place in the oven and cook for 20-30 minutes, until the leeks are tender, the sauce is bubbling and the topping is crisp and golden. Serve with salad and bread.
Lower the heat and add the cheese. Stir until the cheese has melted. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add nutmeg and chopped chives (optional). Pour the cheese sauce over the leeks.
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