Looking for good recipes for leeks

[ckissick]

A client of mine in Pescadero gave me a whole box of leeks from his farm. I need good recipes! Soup, etc.

[id10t]

Slice 'em thin and boil with yukon gold potatoes and mash

Or slice 'em thin and cook 'em up in a pan with a little oil, salt, and black pepper.

Basically, think of them as a over sized green onion with a mild flavor.

[matt f]

leeks are great for any recipe trhat requires onions.
leeks are not great when you are wearing khaki's commando.

[Don Plumley]

Our favorite is bacon leek pasta carbonara.

[vash]

slice them apart, leave the root end so the entire thing just doenst fall apart.

then grill them..wipe them with olive oil..or bacon fat during the grill process.

[jyl]

Potato leek soup, mmmm.

Clean leeks well (usually are sandy inside) and roughly cut up. Peel and cut up white or gold potatoes. Equal weight leeks and potatoes into large pot, enough chicken stock to cover plus a couple inches, bay leaf, boil then simmer until potatoes are very soft. Remove solids from pot and puree with blender, adding liquid from pot as needed, put purée into a second pot. (This process lets you adjust the consistency of the purée, if you just stuck a stick blender into the original pot then should the result turn out too thin, there's no way to remove the excess liquid.). You want the purée to be a bit thicker than you want the final soup to be. Now add half & half and butter, to the purée, and adjust salt. I like a leetle bit of heat so will add white pepper, wasabi powder, or powdered horseradish to taste. Very small increments. When the taste is right, strain or purée again if needed to get rid of any unsmooth solids. Pick out any errant bits of nonwhite stuff. Serve with chopped chives, either hot or chilled. Very traditional soup.

[jyl]

Also nice for tempura, but what isn't?

[GWN7]

Originally Posted by jyl

Potato leek soup, mmmm.

Clean leeks well (usually are sandy inside) and roughly cut up. Peel and cut up white or gold potatoes. Equal weight leeks and potatoes into large pot, enough chicken stock to cover plus a couple inches, bay leaf, boil then simmer until potatoes are very soft. Remove solids from pot and puree with blender, adding liquid from pot as needed, put purée into a second pot. (This process lets you adjust the consistency of the purée, if you just stuck a stick blender into the original pot then should the result turn out too thin, there's no way to remove the excess liquid.). You want the purée to be a bit thicker than you want the final soup to be. Now add half & half and butter, to the purée, and adjust salt. I like a leetle bit of heat so will add white pepper, wasabi powder, or powdered horseradish to taste. Very small increments. When the taste is right, strain or purée again if needed to get rid of any unsmooth solids. Pick out any errant bits of nonwhite stuff. Serve with chopped chives, either hot or chilled. Very traditional soup.

That's basicly how I do them except I take 1/2 the cooked potatoes and leeks and blend. Then add the blended back to the other 1/2. This gives you a smooth soup with some semi solids in it.

[ckissick]

Thanks, jyl. I'll give your recipe a try. Maybe with the chunky bits as well.

I googled recipes, but I trust Pelicans more.

[stogie25]

In the words of Julia Child.

First you take a leek...

[vash]

I'm inspired by this thread. Garlic/leek steamer clams for holiday lunch.

[vash]

^^ see dinner thread!

[azasadny]

Beth always uses leeks for potato dishes and leek soup.

[ckissick]

Got jyl's recipe on the stove right now.

[Baz]

You guys ever add a splash of Sherry to the soup?

Great thread...rating it 5 stars...

[Danimal16]

FRIGGIN' STOP IT, it all sounds good! ;-)

[ckissick]

Et voila!




Tastes great. Thanks, jyl.

[jyl]

Pretty! Gotta make me some soon. Come cold weather, I think.

[rodrigose]

leave the root end so the entire thing just doenst fall apart.

[Bill Douglas]

With chicken, and a whole lota other things (artistic flair), they make fantastic pies.