The allium family is packed with vegetable heavy-hitters. Such is the star power of onion, garlic, shallots and even chives that the humble leek sometimes gets left out of the conversation. It shouldn’t be. In our collection of leek recipes, we’ve gone above and beyond a classic potato leek soup or fresh side dish recipe and transformed the simple vegetable into a star.
We have recipes for leeks caramelised and tossed through linguine with goat’s cheese, mushroom leek risotto, and how to make a chicken and leek Pithivier. In short, we have leeks recipes galore – from reliable vegetarian soups to seafood and meat recipes where leek shines through – so you’ll no doubt find your favourite leek recipe below.
Here are our best recipes with leeks.
Chicken, leek and black garlic Pithivier
Napier Quarter’s mussels dressed with spring-onion and verjuice vinaigrette
Ali Currey-Voumard’s broccoli soup and cheesy toast
Pan-fried trevalla with avgolemono silverbeet
Salade printemps with goat’s curd and herb vinaigrette
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Roast garlic, cheddar and ale soup with fried cauliflower
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Blue cheese and leek tarts with roasted grapes
Farro risotto with mushrooms, leek and parmesan
Linguine with goat’s cheese and caramelised leek
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Buttery potato and leek soup with croûtons
