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Leek and broccoli "à la flamande"

Leeks "à la flamande" (Flemish style) are traditionally served with melted butter mixed with chopped hard-boiled eggs.

In this version with broccoli, the vegetables are steamed and the sauce is pepped up with a little mustard.

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Last modified on: December 12^th 2021

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 200 g leek
2 200 g broccoli
3 1 hard-boiled egg
4 25 g butter
5 ½ tablespoon French mustard
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 483 grams

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36 min.	8 min.	44 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Prepare 200 g leek and cut into chunks diagonally.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare 200 g broccoli.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Use a steamer pan or, as shown here, put a little water in a deep pan and stand a dessert ring in the bottom.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

When the water boils, sit the basket of vegetables over the water to steam.

Salt the vegetables, then cover and leave to cook for about 5 minutes.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, finely chop 1 hard-boiled egg.

Set aside.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Melt 25 g butter in a small pan.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Add the chopped hard-boiled eggs, salt lightly and pepper to taste, then add ½ tablespoon French mustard and mix in.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Check the vegetables: they should be tender, but still nice and green.

Drain thoroughly.

Stage 9

Serve the vegetables plated up, topped with the "à la flamande" sauce.

Remarks

If you don't like mustard, you can use lemon juice or vinegar instead.

Of course, if you possess a steam oven, use this to cook the vegetables as you would normally.

Keeping

Should be eaten right away.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
377 Kcal or 1,578 Kj	13 gr	27 gr	24 gr
19 %	5 %	3 %	4 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
78 Kcal or 327 Kj	3 gr	5 gr	5 gr
4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
189 Kcal or 791 Kj	7 gr	13 gr	12 gr
9 %	3 %	1 %	2 %

% 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, Milk, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 1.55 €
Per person : 0.78 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Leek: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Welsh-style potato purée, Sautéed Pork with Peanuts, Hotpot my grandmother's way , Vol-au-vent, Sliced veal with leeks and mushrooms, ... All
	Broccoli: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Broccoli savoury custard, Veal Chop With Assortment of Vegetables, Potato and broccoli gratin, Sautéed Green Vegetables in pan, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Walnut short bread, Green bean purée, Langoustine and leek tarts, Apple custard tart, Corsican tarts, ... All
	Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Langres-style spinach, Bistro celery salad, Jerusalem artichoke salad, Gratin slices with spinach, Baby spinach salad, ... All

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