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Leeks in vinaigrette

A classic dish of French family and bistro cooking. It's both simple and good. The secret lies in cooking the leeks until they are only just tender, so that they keep their lovely green colour. The special vinaigrette includes herbs and hard-boiled eggs.

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Last modified on: September 29^th 2012

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 leeks
2 2 hard-boiled eggs
3 parsley
4 150 ml French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 1,130 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
40 min.	5 min.	45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Prepare 4 leeks, but keep the white part whole (don't split or chop them) then slice them about 2 cm or 1 inch thick.

Cut on the diagonal as this looks nicer (see photo).

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Steam the leeks in a pressure cooker for five minutes, counting from when it starts to hiss.

Stage 3

The idea is to have leeks which ar only just cooked and which keep as much of their colour as possible.

Stage 4 - 15 min.

Shell 2 hard-boiled eggs and chop finely once cold.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Chop the parsley.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Mix 150 ml French dressing (vinaigrette) with the chopped eggs and herbs.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Serve the sliced leeks, preferably warm, with the vinaigrette dressing poured over.

Remarks

For a richer dressing, use 2 yolks to one egg white instead of whole eggs.

You can vary the herbs using any you choose, not just the usual parsley.

Keeping

A few days in the fridge (with out the dressing) in a sealed container.

Source

Home made; my father's all-time favourite dish.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,395 Kcal or 5,841 Kj	25 gr	69 gr	114 gr
70 %	9 %	7 %	17 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
123 Kcal or 515 Kj	2 gr	6 gr	10 gr
6 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
349 Kcal or 1,461 Kj	6 gr	17 gr	29 gr
17 %	2 %	2 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.62 €
Per person : 0.66 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Prawn salad with a crunch, Chicken club sandwich, Comtoise endive salad, Mixed salad stack, Raw green asparagus salad, ... All
	Leek: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Country vegetable soup, Thaï rice with small vegetables, Couscous, Crispy rolls with chicken and leek, Sea bass with coriander cream en papillote, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Julia salad, Pea and avocado salad, Fresh spinach with cream, Bistro-style red endive salad, Jerusalem artichoke salad, ... All
	Parsley: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salad greens and small omelette, How to prepare cockles, Glazed mushrooms with plain rice, Fillets of sole meunière, Greek-style stuffed courgettes, ... All

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