Baked potatoes with leek and carrot cream

AUTHOR
Reed Chan
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 2
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 6 large potatoes (about 175 g each)
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 Stalk leek (leek)
  • 2–3 Carrots
  • 150 g Mushrooms
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Flour
  • 400 ml Vegetable broth
  • 200 g Whipped cream
  • 75 g Gouda cheese

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the potatoes thoroughly, dab dry and place on a baking tray. Cut them crosswise, sprinkle them all around with oil and season with salt and pepper. Cook in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for about 1 hour. Clean and wash the leek, cut it in half lengthwise and cut it into strips. Peel and wash the carrots, quarter them lengthwise and cut into pieces.

  2. 2

    Clean, wash and halve the mushrooms. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a pot, add prepared vegetables and fry until translucent. Take out vegetables. Melt 2 tbsp. butter in a pot, dust with flour and sauté. Deglaze with stock and cream, bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper, fold in vegetables. Take potatoes out of the oven and let them cool down a little. Grate cheese.

  3. 3

    Deglaze with stock and cream, bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper, fold in vegetables. Take potatoes out of the oven and let them cool down a little. Grate cheese. Press potatoes a little bit apart and put them into a suitable casserole dish. Pour sauce and vegetables over the potatoes, sprinkle with cheese and bake in the oven at the same temperature for 12-15 minutes

  4. 4

    Waiting time approx. 15 minutes

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
570 kcal
CARBS
50 g
FATS
33 g
PROTEINS
16 g