Fried leek sticks with carrot sauce

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
40 mins
TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 4 Leek sticks (leek; approx. 200 g each)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 500 g Potatoes
  • 400 g Carrots
  • 100 g Whipped cream
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 3 Egg Yolk
  • 80 g Wholemeal breadcrumbs
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Pumpkin seeds
  • 7-10 Tbsp chopped parsley

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean, wash and cut the leek into eight pieces about 15 centimetres long. Dice leek residues very finely. Cook the sticks in boiling salted water for five minutes. Then drain them.

  2. 2

    In the meantime, peel the potatoes and cook them in salted water for 20 minutes. For the sauce peel carrots. Cut one carrot into very small cubes. Roughly dice the remaining carrots. Cook in 1/4 litre boiling salted water for ten minutes.

  3. 3

    Puree with the cutting stick of the hand mixer. Add small leek and carrot cubes and cream. Bring to the boil. Season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Turn cooked leek sticks one after the other in egg yolk and breadcrumbs.

  4. 4

    Fry in hot oil for two to three minutes until crispy. Arrange leek sticks with the carrot sauce and boiled potatoes on plates. Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds and chopped parsley.