Delicious recipe! You can also use this as the springboard for a light main dish. Try wrapping slices of ham around the leeks before baking then serve with a side of mashed potatoes rice or crusty bread. This alternative version is particularly attractive if you don't halve the leeks (but you would need to pre-cook them for about 8 minutes then either use the leek broth in place of some of the milk or add it to a soup later). You can also add another layer of flavor to this dish by stirring about 1/4 tsp. dry or prepared mustard into the sauce before baking.
This recipe was awesome. I tweaked it a little bit by doubling the cheese sauce and adding in a couple of potatos that were cut au gratin style. Very delicious!
4 stars with the additon of a buttered breadcrumb topping. It really makes the dish, adding crunch where otherwise there would only be mush. I wasn't crazy about the stringy texture of the leeks, which are fairly new to me. I cut off the green tops - was I supposed to peel off the outer layers too? Overall, a nice way to use up leftover leeks (I halved the sauce recipe to use on one large leek leftover from a stew.) This sauce would also work nicely for vidalia onions.
I didn't make this exactly so I'm giving it four stars. I combined this with another recipe since I needed to use up some eggplant as well. I made the cheese sauce nearly exactly as written--just increased the quantity a little. I used 1/2 cup of cheese before it was grated so it was more than that after grating. I layered thinly sliced eggplant leek and roma tomato poured on some of the sauce made another layer more sauce a final layer of just eggplant and the tiny bit of sauce that was left. I covered loosely with foil and it is in the oven right now smelling great.
Pretty tasty although like another user I was somewhat put off by the stringy texture of the leeks. Next time I think I will add bread crumbs as other users have suggested - it definitely is lacking in texture. I used a smoked cheddar cheese which gave it an AMAZING flavor and I think I will do that every time I make it. A great recipe for my first time trying leeks!
Not bad. I threw some sliced potatoes in there and made a real casserole.
My husband and I both had to restrain ourselves from eating it all in one night. Only had 2 leeks so I added 1 1/2 cups of leftover mashed potato on top topping it off with a little bit of the grated cheddar.
This was a quick and easy recipe and tasted delicious.
Great recipe!! and very easy!!! My picky husband tried them for the first time and loved them!
I honestly thought I'd love this. And I didn't sorry. the cheese sauce, didn't have that cheese flavor at all. It tasted like a biscuit gravy. And I love leeks, in all sorts of dishes. But I made this twice thinking maybe it was out I presented the dish. The 1st time, I made it as instructed but no one would touch it, I guess the look was more off putting then the flavor. So I tried again a 2nd night and chopped up the leeks into smaller pieces instead of leaving the leeks in the long sliced form. I didn't try it the 1st time to know that I wasn't going to like it. But did the 2nd time and it really wasn't pleasing to anyone's taste but one of my kids. Sorry.
