Showing posts with label Leeks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leeks. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 August 2018

Need Some Inspiration? Try Some Strange Bedfellows – Leeks & Party Food!

Antipasto Platter

Food on Friday: July had themes including leeks and Party Food.  Here are a few dishes that were contributed which I'd like to share with you today. 

The pic at the top was by Platter Talk – a fab Antipasto Platter



Samosa Roll-ups by Jo and Sue – great for a party.



Potato & Leek Chowder by Platter Talk



Beer-battered Onion Rings by James & Everett – shame I can't eat onions any more – but I could just have the batter….



Irish Leek & Potato Soup by Karen's Kitchen Stories
-      Love that swirl!

For other great cupcakes you could head over to this Pinboard for Leeks and this one for Party Food

Friday, 13 July 2018

Food on Friday: July 18




It's the second Friday of the month so here is Food on Friday. 

As you can see, there are 4 new themes – Fish, Cupcakes, Leeks & Party Foods.   An eclectic mix!  I hope you'll find some great stuff to share in those categories.

I'll be pinning your creations to the relevant Pinboards – Fish, Cupcakes, Leeks & Party Foods.

While you can still link up at any time during the month, can I ask that you put some dishes in for each category straight away.  This should result in a good number of dishes for us all to explore. 

To add your dishes, just put the name of the dish together with your blog name/name into the first Mr Linky box you will find below.  Then paste the url for your post about it into the second box.

Have fun!

Sunday, 7 May 2017

Leek Zucchini & Potato Bake



Carole's Chatter: Leek Zucchini & Potato Bake


This Leek Zucchini & Potato Bake turned out really well.  But I tried to do it again from memory a few days later and it was a disappointment.  I guess there's something to be said for recipes after all!

Ingredients:

2 small potatoes parboiled and sliced
3 zucchinis sliced roundways
2 leeks, washed and sliced
¼ small white onion
1 small home-grown red chilli
Crème fraiche (or cream)
Grated cheese (edam)
Parmesan cheese
Knobs of butter
Chilli oil (or olive oil)

Method:

Parboil your potatoes – I sliced them first – boil for about 5 minutes in salted water

Lightly sauté the zucchinis, leeks, chilli and onion

Brush a lasagne dish with chilli oil.  Put in the veggies in layers, potato first.  Season each layer as you go.  Make every 3rd layer (and the top) a mix of the crème fraiche and cheese.

Pop your knobs of butter on top and bake in a moderate oven for 35 minutes.

Sunday, 25 September 2016

Curried Sausages with Sultanas & Cherries



First of all, I must apologise for the pic – it isn't mine – but looks very similar.  I did take pictures but the memory card got wiped by accident and so I lost them.  Luckily all the other pics on the card had been uploaded already – so it wasn't a total disaster.  It has decided me to take back up pics on my phone as well from now on.

So back to the Curried Sausages with Sultanas & Cherries.  This version ended up pretty spicy so you might want to be a little lighter handed with the curry powder than I was.

Ingredients:

3 cooked pork sausages, cut into rounds
1 potato, cut into similar sized pieces and pre-cooked for a couple of minutes
Ham stock plus a chicken stock cube – about 2 cups worth
½ glass of white wine – optional (I had some sauvignon to get rid of)
Dried sour cherries – 5-7 (if you put too many in the curry will get sour)
Sultanas – 10-12
Curry powder – a tablespoon or so
Baby leek – sliced (you could use onion instead)
Mustard powder – a teaspoon
Turmeric and ground ginger – a sprinkling of each
Salt & pepper
Cornflour – about a heaped teaspoon
Parsley - chopped

Method:

Put everything but the cornflour and the parsley into a pot and bring to a simmer.  Add your cornflour after diluting it in a little cold water.

Simmer until the flavours have melded and the potato is cooked.  Add the chopped parsley just before serving.

Saturday, 28 September 2013

Need some inspiration? Try Carrots and Leeks




You may think that carrots and leeks are not very exciting.  But as this selection from Food on Friday shows they can both be the hero of some great dishes.  I hope you find them inspirational.

If you would like to see more dishes using carrots and/or leeks, please go to the original post or to this Pinboard.  There were over 120 of them!






Coconut Curry Carrot Soup by Adriana's Best Recipes



Almond Carrot Halwa by Kitchen Secrets & Snippets



Carrot Cake Ice Cream by Jenna's Cooking Journey



Moist Carrot Cake by Diettaste



Leek & Onion Tart by Isabelle At Home




Leek & Bacon Quiche by Korena in the Kitchen

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