Showing posts with label leek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leek. Show all posts

Saturday, 2 July 2011

Cheesy leek and ham bake


Ingredients
1 small leek (cut in half)
4 slices ham
100ml creme fraiche
30g parmesan
breadcrumbs

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6

2. Boil the leeks in a shallow pan for 5 minutes until soft. Remove from water

3. Wrap each leek in 2 slices of ham and place in a small baking tin

4. Mix creme fraiche with 50ml of the water reserved from the leeks, stir in the parmesan and bread crumbs

5. Pour over the leeks in the tin and bake for 15 minutes

Serves 1

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Ham and leek quiche



Ingredients
savoury pastry case
75g ham, chopped
1 leek (white part), chopped
150ml single cream
2 medium eggs
chopped fresh parsley
dried thyme
70 g cheddar cheese, grated

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 6

2. Fry the leeks in butter until soft

3. Beat the eggs, add the single cream and mix

4. Place ham, leeks and parsley in the pastry case. Pour over the egg and cream mixture

5. Sprinkle cheese over the top and some dried thyme

6. Bake for 20-25 mins