Leek
From LoveToKnow 1911
There is more than one meaning of Leek discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.
Leek and Cornbread Stuffing
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 (16-ounce) package cornbread stuffing mix
1 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups chopped, trimmed leeks, white and light green parts
1 cup chopped celery ...
Leek Flower Sauce
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Leek:
a member of the lily family (Allium porrum); has a thick, cylindrical white stalk with a slightly bulbous root end and many flat, dull dark green leaves; ...
Soup leek recipe Leek Cream of Potato Soup is made with leeks, garlic cloves minced, organic red potatoes, ghee, tofutti sour cream, water/vegetable stock, cilantro chopped, shallots, some celery seed, fresh basil chopped, fresh thyme chopped, ...
Leek, smoked eel, whelk and clam pie
Try James Martin's version of a luxury fish pie. Homemade pastry is well worth the effort, but you can use ready-made if you're short of time.
Ingredients
For the rough puff pastry ...
leek and potato pie vegetarian
southern sweet potato pie with evaporated milk
southern potato pie sweet potatoes ...
The leek is a vegetable related to onions, chives, and garlic. Also in this species are two very different vegetables: The elephant garlic (A. ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum) grown for its bulbs, ...
A flowering leek is a member of the onion family which has been bred to produce distinctive bulb-like flowers on the end of narrow, firm stalks. The plant is also sometimes called a Chinese chive, Chinese flowering leek, or garlic leek.
Of course, if the leek is going to be chopped or sliced, it can be fully quartered or halved before cleaning.
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Leek and Potato Pie with Minted Peas
350g cheese pastry* (see 'How to Make Perfect Short Crust Pastry' article)
4 leeks, washed, trimmed and sliced
450g cooked potatoes, sliced
125g minted peas
2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley ...
leek Notes: Leeks look like large green onions, and they have a more complex onion flavor. They're often cooked as a vegetable side dish, or used in soups.
Leek: Resembles a large scallion yet has a mild flavor. Used mainly in soups and stews.
Lemon Grass: A herb with a lemon flavor and odor, used as flavoring.
Mace: The outer skin of the nutmeg seed used for flavoring foods.
Leek
A plant from the green onion family with little or no bulb and fairly long broad, mild-flavored green stems. The green stems are used to season or flavor foods
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Leek:
Has a thick, cylindrical white stalk with a slightly bulbous root end and dark green leaves. The tender, white stalk has a flavor that is sweeter and stronger than a scallion but milder than an onion.
Leeks: ...
Leek and Root Vegetable Gratin
This colorful Christmas side dish recipe calls for winter leeks, which are stronger in flavor and texture than summer leeks, but any variety from the supermarket is fine.
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Leek and Delicata Squash Soup with Caramelized Apple Croutons
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, falls at one of the most delicious intersections of the growing season, when the last of summer’ ...
leek: A vegetable that looks like a very large green onion but has a more delicate taste and aroma.
lentil: A legume often made into a side dish or used in soups.
liquados: A Mexican fruit shake made with milk or water.
Leek, Saffron and Chickpea Soup
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"this soup was awesome! it took a while to chop up all my leeks, but it was so worth it. Not sure that the chickpeas really add anything to it other..." more ...
61. Leek, S., herbs, Medicine and Mysticim. Chicago. Henry Regnery Co. 1975
62. Ellingwood, F., American Materia Medica. Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, Eclectic Medical Publications, Portland, OR, 1983 ...
Stuffed Leek
1. Chop onion finely, grate carrot and stew in in oil until light golden....
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Zucchini-Leek Soup
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poireau: leek
poires belle hélène: poached pears served on vanilla ice cream with hot chocolate sauce
pois: peas ...
Potato and Leek Soup with Bouquet Garni
Ingredients:
1 large or 2 small leeks, about 1 pound
2 bay leaves
20 black peppercorns
4 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tablespoons butter
2 strips bacon, chopped
1/2 cup dry white wine
5 cups chicken stock ...
Puerro Leek
Pulpo Octopus
Pulque Mildly alcoholic drink made by fermenting aguamiel (the juice of the maguey plant).
Creamy potato-leek soup that is served cold and topped with chives. Pronounced: VEE-she-swahz
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A cold potato and leek soup thickened with cream and garnished with chives. The term is now applied to many other tuber-based soups.
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Chive - Related to the onion and leek, this fragrant herb has slender, vivid green, hollow stems. Chives have a mild onion flavor and are available fresh year-round.
cébette: leek-like vegetable; shredded for salads or eaten raw in Provence
céleri: celery (also fougére musquèe); (also céleri bâtarde, lovage)
cerfeuil: chervil, Anthriscus cerefolium
cerise: cherry
champignon: mushroom (e.g.
Leek
An onion-like plant with a small bulb and thick stalk, used as an aromatic seasoning or vegetable.
Legumes
The family of beans, peas, and lentils.
Lemon curd
A cooked mixture of lemon juice, zest, sugar, butter, and egg yolks.
The Germanic runic letter for the sound L, ᛚ, is commonly known as lagu 'lake, body of water'; there is evidence, though, that this rune was formerly termed laukaz, which might have meant 'onion' or even more probably 'leek'.
Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, and chive. Garlic has been used throughout recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
soffrito - (1) The Italian soffrito normally consists of a little handful of fragrant herbs (parsley, dill, thyme, savory, and rosemary), and aromatic vegetables (onion, leek, garlic, and carrot) very finely chopped, ...
1 cup Leek, finely-sliced
4 Eggs, cooked into 4 omelets, sliced thin
1 cup Crab meat
1 cup Shrimp, peeled
1 cup Tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, deep-fried
1 tbsp Oyster sauce
2 tbsp Soya sauce
1/2 tsp Black pepper
1 tsp Sesame oil ...
A species of onion with a bunching, leek-like interleaved bulb and tubular leaves. It is a perennial evergreen with a delicate flavor that can be used by breaking off leaves as the plant matures. Also called the "everlasting onion." Welsh rarebit ...
Vichyssoise
Creamy potato and leek soup, served cold.
Vitello tonnato
An Italian classic of cold, thinly sliced, roasted veal (vitello) with a sauce of pureed tuna (tonno), anchovy, capers, lemon and olive oil.
A mixture of diced vegetables, usually onion, leek, carrot and celery, that are sautéed in butter to form a base for many sauces, soups and stews.
Mirin
Mirin is sweetened sake (rice wine) used in Japanese cooking, especially for sauces.
Vichyssoise - A classic French recipe for leek and potato soup
Vindaloo - Used to describe an extremely hot curry. The original dish from Goa was both hot and sour, containing plenty of vinegar to temper the chilli heat ...
Add the onion, garlic, celery and leek. Reduce the heat to medium low, and allow it to sweat until it is translucent, about 10 to 15 minutes. Add the flour, and stir to combine.
Bundles of vegetables tied with onion or leek strips are ideal for buffet-serving. Guests can place the bundles on their plates quickly and easily.
To make vegetable tie garnishes:
Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil.
Puerro - [Spanish] leek.
Puesto - [Spanish] a stand in the market or on the street.
Puff paste, pastry - Layers upon layers of pastry dough, each separated by a film of butter. Time-consuming but fairly easy to make.
Byrek Me Presh (Albanian): Leek pie
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Cabrales (Spanish, Spain): Mixed milk cheese, naturally blued in the limestone caves of the Picos Mountains.
A small bunch of herbs, classically bay leaves, parsley stalks and thyme, wrapped in a leek leaf or piece of celery and tied with string; ideal for flavouring soups, stews and stocks during cooking and removed before serving.
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Elephant garlic is larger, milder, and more closely related to the leek. Store firm, fresh, plump garlic bulbs in a cool, dry, dark place; leave bulbs whole because individual cloves dry out quickly.
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Vichysoisse: A chilled soup made from potato and leek
vinaigrette: A salad dressing made from good quality olive oil and vinegar
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A bouquet garni is a bundle of herbs and aromatics tied within sections of leek with cooking twine.
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Negi A green Japanese onion that resembles a thin leek. Negi Toro Chopped and mixed Negi-onion and Toro. Negitoro Maki Scallion-and-tuna roll Neta The Sushi-bar term that refers to the fish topping in Nigiri Sushi.
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Univalve A single-shelled mollusc, such as abalone and sea urchin.
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Vichyssoise A rich-creamy cold potato and leek soup thickened with cream and garnished with chives.
pinto bean, lima bean, broccoli, buckwheat, cabbage, canola seed, caragana, cauliflower, celery, chia seed, chickpeas, chives, cilantro (coriander, dhania), clover, cress, dill, fennel, fenugreek, flax seed, garlic, hemp seed, kale, kamut, kat, leek, ...
Matignon (Fr.): An edible mirepoix that is often used in poeleed dishes and is usually served with the finished dish. Typically, matignon includes two parts carrot, one part celery, one part leek, one part onion, one part mushroom (optional), ...
1/2 block of konnyaku, cut into large cubes (optional)
1 hardboiled egg, sliced in half
2 sprigs of fresh chrysanthemum leaves, or one small leek cut
into 2 inch lengths
2 1/2 tablespoons of sake ...
Spring garlic (also called garlic greens) is a younger, delicately flavored type that can be chopped and added raw to soups or salads. Elephant garlic is not true garlic at all, but is actually a type of leek; ...
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