leeks Archives

Soup recipes

Sweetcorn soup

20 minutes

Stew recipes

Haddock and prawn stew

15 minutes

Butternut recipes

Roast smoked chicken with butternut and sweet potato bake

1 hour

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Quick pea soup with wasabi peas and bacon toasts

25 minutes

Goat’s cheese and smashed peas with rye pasta bows and chilli oil

15 minutes

Eisbein pot au feu

20 minutes

Snoek and trout chowder with corn scones

30 minutes

Apple recipes

Ham, apple and sweet potato pie

1 hour

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Roast chicken and mushroom pie

40 minutes

Soup recipes

Snert (Dutch pea soup)

3 hours

Snert (Dutch pea soup)

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes, plus 12 hours’ soaking time

Cooking Time 3 hours

Ingredients

2 cups split green peas
1 pig’s trotter (or eisbein)
200 g bacon, cut into squares
400 g potatoes, sliced
1 t salt
1 stalk celery, diced
1 bunch celery greens
2 leeks, sliced
4 frankfurters (or 1 Dutch sausage)
2 onions, sliced

Method

Wash the peas, then place them in a large saucepan and cover with 2 litres water. Soak for 12 hours, then boil gently over a medium heat for at least 2 hours.

Add the trotter or eisbein and bacon and cook for another hour.

Add the potatoes, salt, celery stalk and leaves and leeks and cook until the vegetables are tender and the soup thick.

Add the Frankfurters or Dutch sausage during the last 10 minutes of cooking.

Cook’s note: The longer the soup simmers, the better the taste – three hours is the traditional cooking time, but it tastes even better when eaten the following day.

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Sweetcorn soup

Haddock and prawn stew

Roast smoked chicken with butternut and sweet potato bake

Quick pea soup with wasabi peas and bacon toasts

Goat’s cheese and smashed peas with rye pasta bows and chilli oil

Eisbein pot au feu

Snoek and trout chowder with corn scones

Ham, apple and sweet potato pie

Roast chicken and mushroom pie

Snert (Dutch pea soup)

Snert (Dutch pea soup)

Ingredients

Method