Creamed leaks
Posted on | July 30, 2008 |
This is a great side dish which works great with fish or chicken dishes, and is fairly healthy is you use low-fat creme fraiche.
Ingredients:
1kg of trimmed leeks, sliced into 1 cm portions
salt & pepper
25g butter
150ml creme fraiche
Freshly grated nutmeg (or ground if not)
- Boil the the leeks in salted water for 7-10 mins until just tender. Drain and plunge into cold water to stop the cooking process.
- After 10mins rest time in the cold water, drain and dry in kitchen paper. Put the leeks into a blender and pulse util roughly chopped up.
- Remove half from the blender and set aside. Blend the remaining until smooth.
- Add ALL the leeks to a hot frying pan, and stir in the creme fraiche and season. Heat til bubbling and serve with sprinked nutmeg.
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