Category: leeks
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Leek tart with goat’s cheese & pine nuts
Beautiful caramelised leeks on flaky pastry. It is deceptively simple to make, but such a showstopper. The tart cooks upside down in the style of a tarte tatin. This keeps the pastry beautifully crisp while the leeks become tender.
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One pan leek & white bean pasta
An easy peasy midweek winner. Everything cooks together in one pot, and becomes wonderfully creamy from the starch in the beans and pasta.
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Seasonal spotlight: leeks
An amazingly versatile vegetable – here are some recipes that really let the humble leek shine.
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Leek, lemon & barley
A really simple and delicious springtime bowl. It’s great eaten still warm, but also keeps terrifically well excellent as a fridge filler/meal prep. The roast pieces of lemon bring a lovely marmeladey bitterness that works especially well with the dates and touch of honey in the dressing.
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leek & potato pie
A combination that works so well it shouldn’t only be for soup. My version is packed with leeks and butter beans, then topped with smashed new potatoes. The creamy sauce is made directly into the pan as the leeks cook for a really easygoing recipe.
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Cabbage and bean pasta soup with kale pesto
Perfect winter warmer comfort food – this bowl is just so cosy. And the recipe is a real fridge clearer – definitely adapt it to whatever you have on hand. Mix up the pasta shapes or beans, swap the leek for celery, use spinach instead of kale and finish up…
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Leeks, lentils & labneh
Leeks, lentils & labneh. A very simple springy lunch, to be swiped at with bread.
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Leek & ricotta tart
So quick and simple to put together, but an absolute showstopper. The tart bakes upside down in the style of a tatin for beautiful easy caramelisation.
