I love leeks!! Tell me something new to do with them (no innuendo purlease!)

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I make leek and potato soup. Please can you lay something new on me.........

I just like them cut up, steamed and then buttered - yum

DH likes Jamie Oliver's chicken and sweet leek pie.

Make cheesey leeks-just liek cauliflower cheese but chop some nbacon up and add that and make sure you put loads of cheese on top of the cheese sauce and leeks and grill till crispy mmmmmm

melt butter, fry leeks and mix with mashed potato - YUM

Stir fired with lamb & ginger

Cooked whole layed in an oven proof dish cover in cheese sauce add bacon bits on top & grill

Cooked whole wrapped in ham layed in an oven proof dish cover in cheese sauce & grill

Stir fried with mushrooms & chicken

Lovely in fish pie

Lovely in a risotto - with peas, broad beans and courgettes - or any combination of.

Or just as a side vegetable - "balsamic leeks" - fry gently in butter in a saucepan for about 10 mins, uncovered - then add generous splashes of balsamic vinegar, cover and cook for another 5 mins - delicious.

In mashed potato. Yum.

Steam them, then wrap them in parma ham and bung in the oven with a simple cheese sauce for half an hour or so. YUM!

Mashed up with cheese into baked potatoes and then baked again.

Layered with sliced potato, cream poured over, cover with foil then bake for ages; remove foil for last 20 mins or so to brown the top.

When you cook Shepherds Pie, chop up the leeks finely and sprinkly on top of the mash, then sprinkle chees over the top. It's quite yum.

i roasted baby leeks last week, in some white whine, and lots of fresh parmesan shavings, was delish!

leek and bacon quiche - divine

Chicken and leek

Cook chicken however (I like boiling it), add leeks in cheese sauce and bung in the oven about 20mins before serving, serve w/mash. Mmm

Sorry Lula - but am pmsl at white whine!

oh bum!! not the worst typo i;ve ever made, but pretty close !!

leeks great in stews, especially with pork. Or in cheese sauce served with bacon.
My mum used to make a steamed leek and bacon suet pudding. Don't have a recipe but it was great comfort food on a cold north eastern day!

Finely slice 1 leek and 1 courgette per person. Cook in melted butter and lots of ground black pepper. At the same time cook some pasta shapes. When the veg are tender, stir in a boursin cheese. Mix all together.