You have no idea what you’re going to eat tonight? We propose a nice recipe of baked leeks au gratin with whipped cream to end the day in a cheerful way.
A gourmet alternative to cheer you up after a difficult day. Here’s the recipe!
Tonight we won’t deprive ourselves of an extremely simple recipe that is so good that you’ll fall in love with it! Treat yourself to this slightly regressive but delicious dish!
You will make people happy
Ingredients for 4/6 people:
– 4 large leeks (600g chopped, washed and peeled)
– 20g butter
– 1 tablespoon olive oil
– 2 cloves garlic
– 10cl whipping cream (Jamie uses 20)
– 2 sprigs fresh thyme (Jamie uses 6)
– 10 0g Parmesan (instead of Cheddar in the recipe)
Preparation:
1 Preheat the oven to 200°C (thermostat 6/7).
2 Peel the leeks, cut them into quarters lengthwise and slice them roughly.
Put them in a colander and rinse them thoroughly to remove soil and impurities.
3 Peel and finely chop 2 cloves of garlic.
4 Heat a pan over medium heat with 2 knobs of butter and a drizzle of olive oil. Add the garlic.
Take the leaves from 6 sprigs of thyme (2 for me). When the garlic is just starting to brown, add the leek and thyme. Mix well, put on a high heat and cook for 10 minutes, until cooked and softened.
5 In the meantime, grate 100 g of Cheddar (for me Parmesan). Remove the pan from the heat, season with salt and pepper (lightly salt because there is some in the cheese). Add 20 cl of liquid cream (10 for me) and half of the cheese.
Mix the mixture well and then pour it into a baking dish of adequate size to have, in the end, a thickness of vegetables of about 2.5 cm.
I used a terracotta baking dish of 23 cm in diameter.
6 Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bake for about 20 minutes, until the surface of the dish is golden and appetizing.
