Earlier this afternoon Hubby's parents and Grandma popped around for tea and cake. It's the first time in nearly 3 years Grandma has been to our house, for various reasons she has been housebound for the best part of 2.5 years, but now she is able to get up and about you can't stop her! The cottage we live in is very much an important part of local history and Grandma can remember visiting our row of cottages when she was a child. How the cottages have changed since them! To celebrate her road to recovery I used the remains of my mincemeat to make Pixie's Mincemeat Crumble Cake . It certainly went down well.
This weeks ingredient challenge is leeks and I decided to make a potato & leek gratin. I admit I'm not a huge fan of leeks when they are on their own, but add cheese and potato and I'm a huge fan...actually add cheese and potato to anything and I'll love it! I made the gratin to accompany a mustard crusted topside of longhorn beef I roasted. We both really enjoyed it and to make it even better Hubby has the left over beef for lunch and I have the leftover gratin.
Potato & Leek Gratin
Serves 2-3 as a side
70ml vegetable stock
70ml double cream
70ml milk
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 bay leaf
400g potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 slice of ham, chopped
2 small leeks, thinly sliced
30g cheddar, grated
1) Pour stock, cream and milk into saucepan. Add garlic and bay leaf then bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and leave while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
2) Preheat oven - 180oc. Mix sliced potatoes, leeks and ham in ovenproof dish. Pour over stock then sprinkle with cheese.
3) Loosely cover dish and bake for 30 min. Uncover and bake for a further 40 min. Cool for 15 min before serving.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Potato & Leek Gratin
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Hi Jules, what a heart warming story about your cottage and great to hear your gran is now up and about :D
ReplyDeleteGreat looking potato & leek gratin pure comfort food!!
Rosie x
Firstly, am very glad to hear that your gran is doing well.
ReplyDeleteAnd THANK YOU so much for linking to my (well more, Nigel's) mincemeat cake. It is good, isn't it??
Also, now I know what to do with my leftover leeks! Was planning to make a leek and potato soup, or fish pie, but this sounds far more yummier.
Rosie - thank you :)
ReplyDeletePixie - I really enjoyed my slice of cake with whipped cream. Grandma took some home to freeze so she can eat some more another time.
Jules, I just have to make this now. The diet is slipping already anyway!!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear your Gran is well on road to recovery too :)
Claire - you have to make it, it's pure comfort food.
ReplyDeleteThis dish looks so good.I have bookmarked your blog.Many great recipes I would like to try.Havea great afternoon.
ReplyDeleteVery nice recipe Jules... I make quite often Turnip and Potato Gratin, with bay leaves, garlic, thyme, cream...
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Have a good day, Margot
Elizabeth - Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteMargot - I like the idea of turnip and potato gratin. I often don't know what to do with turnips.
Mmmm.... yum... I've been looking for just this kind of recipe to finish off the remainder of my veg box contents for this week. Potato and leek gratin it is - thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteaforkfulofspaghetti - you'll have to try it, it's delicious. I could happily eat a bowl of it without anything else.
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