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Roasted leeks with pesto

Name: Roasted leeks with pesto
Prep time: 39 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 9 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 800 g leek; Olive oil; Thyme; 4 hard-boiled eggs; 8 tablespoons pesto; Salt; Pepper

Oven-roasted leeks, served in the spirit of leek vinaigrette with chopped hard-boiled eggs, but accompanied by a pesto.

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Duration

1 hour 9 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: April 23^th 2023

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 4 people, you will need:

1 800 g leek
2 Olive oil
3 Thyme
4 4 hard-boiled eggs
5 8 tablespoons pesto
6 Salt
7 Pepper
Total weight: 1,120 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

40 min.

Cooking

30 min.

All in all

1 hour 9 min.

Preparation 40 min.

Cooking 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 30 min.

Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F).

Prepare 800 g leek, cut them into small pieces.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 3 min.

Place on a baking sheet or pan, sprinkle with olive oil and thyme (fresh if possible), and season with salt and pepper.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 30 min.

Place in oven for about 30 minutes, until leeks are nicely colored/grilled.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Chop 4 hard-boiled eggs.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Serve with a layer of leeks, chopped hard-boiled egg and a generous dollop of pesto.

Remarks

To sprinkle the leeks with oil and thyme, you can put them in a salad bowl, pour in oil, thyme, salt and pepper and mix well, before pouring onto the plate.

For the pesto, don't hesitate to innovate with a Greek-style pesto or a coriander-cashew pesto, among others

Keeping: To be eaten with the leeks still warm.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	10 g RDI=12 %	10 g RDI=3 %	29 g RDI=30 %	107 kcal RDI=4 %	451 kJ RDI=4 %
Per person	29 g RDI=33 %	28 g RDI=8 %	81 g RDI=83 %	301 kcal RDI=11 %	1,262 kJ RDI=11 %
Whole recipe	117 g RDI=134 %	112 g RDI=32 %	327 g RDI=331 %	1,206 kcal RDI=45 %	5,049 kJ RDI=45 %