Best way to cook Leeks?

easy way, cut into two inch lengths and stand end on (upright ) in a tub. season with a little salt an pepper. blob a chunk of butter on the top. clingfilm and microwave for a couple of mins until they slightly soften. thats the simplest way to get the best taste of a leek.

Best Way To Cook Leeks

Hahaha. Don't worry. At least you're trying. :)

What you want to do is to chop both the tips of the leek. The really dark green bit at the top and the hairy looking bit at the bottom.

Then chop into smallish pieces and wash really well. It's not unusual for leeks to have mud caked into the leaves so you need to give them a good wash or you'll end up with muddy bits in the food.

Drop the leek pieces into a saucepan, sprinkle a little cold water (like half a small glass) into it and cover. Put it on the penultimate heat level. What you want to do is to check them after 10 minutes to see if you need more water (if they are browning or look in danger of sticking to the bottom of the pan you need more water) but if you taste a bit and it's soft, just let it sweat the rest of the water off.

I really like creamy cheesy leeks which is really simple so I'll tell you what to do next. When they're done and there's no more water left, you pour some fresh cream over them. You could also use bechamel sauce.

Grate some nutmeg and black pepper onto that and add some salt.

Grate some parmesan or cheddar cheese into the mix and let it melt.

And that's it! You have a lovely creamy cheesy leek side which you can serve with anything you want!

Another good thing to do with leeks is leek and courgette soup.

It's so simple. It's leeks, courgettes, vegetable stock, boil it up and add a tub of philadelphia at the end and blend. It's so simple and good it can almost make you cry. Then you need to go for a jog to work off that Philadelphia. :)

30 minutes is probably too long - but check as you cook.

The most important thing though is to clean them properly before you prepare them. Leeks are grown with earth piled up around them, to encourage the white bit to grow rather than the inedible green bit, so you need to be sure you get all of that earth out. The easiest way is to slice the top green part, and the very bottom with the root bit, off completely and throw them away. Then slice halfway into the white part from the root upwards, and hold under a running cold tap while you riffle through the stalk to wash out the earth. Some people will then slice the whole thing, put into a bowl of cold water and stir around, to remove the rest of the earth, but that may be overkill. Certainly slice it up before you cook it though.

Leeks with 3 mustard and cheese sauce elements 3lb (1kg 350g) small leeks, trimmed and washed and reduce in 0.5 salt and pepper 2oz (50g) butter 3oz (50g) undeniable flour ¾ pint (425ml) milk 6oz (175g) cheddar cheese, grated 1oz (25g) parmesan cheese, grated a million tbsp (15g) wholegrain mustard a million tbsp (15g) Dijon mustard a million tsp (5g) English mustard For the topping: 2 tbsp clean white breadcurmbs 1oz (25g) grated cheddar cheese technique a million. Preheat oven to 200C/400F/gasoline 6/180C fan oven. 2. position the leeks in a pan of chilly salted water, convey to the boil and simmer for 3 minutes till purely gentle. Drain and positioned less than chilly water today to refresh and give up the cooking procedure. 3. position the butter, flour and milk in a saucepan and slowly convey as a lot because the boil and whisk each and every of the time. as quickly because it really is as a lot because the boil, decrease the nice and cozy temperature and enable it purely simmer for 2 minutes. 4. upload the grated cheddar and parmesan and then the mustards. Season with salt and pepper. 5. positioned your leeks right into a shallow serving dish and pour over the sauce. 6. blend the breadcrumbs and the cheese jointly and scatter extreme of the leeks. 7. Bake contained in the oven for 20 minutes till the suitable is golden brown.

cut the root off and separate the leaves then wash them really well - leeks can be sandy. then slice them and put 1 tablespoon butter in a pan and sautee them over low heat until tender. add 1 tablespoon of flour and cook for 1 minute. then add 1/2 cup of milk, some salt and pepper and bubble till thick and you have creamed leeks...delish

They are delicious in a white or cheesy sauce.

Clean them.

Chop them.

Soften them in a pan with a little butter.

Add flour, salt, pepper and milk.

Grated cheese if you like.

Stir until it all thickens.

Put them in an oven-proof dish.

Cover the top with crumbled biscuits or Ryvita mixed with grated cheese, and

Just shove them in the oven until the top is brown.

No dont boil it. Just chop it into slices after discarding the outer layer and both the ends put them into steam for about 15mins.

However you make with all the different ways listed above, just be sure to ..slice and WASH REALLY REA;;Y WELL as these are extremely sandy, and I am not talking a little granular sand, I mean like sandbox sand and a lot of it......I hope this helps..

dont like fruits and vegetables or vegetables either. Almost all my menu contains is hamburgers, pizza, chips, and poultry.