Roasted baby leek in bacon coat with lemon crust

AUTHOR
Melissa Olsen
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 16 baby leek sticks (approx. 350 g)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 16 discs Bacon
  • 3-4 Stem(s) flat leaf parsley
  • 1–2 Garlic cloves
  • 1 Organic lemon
  • 1 washer Sandwich toast
  • 20 g freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 7-10 Tbsp äse
  • 20 g Butter

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean and wash the leek. Bring plenty of water and some salt to the boil in a wide pot or oval roaster. Add leek sticks and blanch for 2-3 minutes. Quench leek under cold water, drain and let it cool down a little

  2. 2

    Brush a baking tray with oil. Wrap a slice of bacon around each leek and place it on the baking tray. Brush the leeks with oil as well and roast them in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 225 °C/ convection oven: 200 °C/ gas: level 4) for 8-10 minutes until the bacon is crispy

  3. 3

    Wash the parsley, shake dry and cut the leaves into fine strips. Peel the garlic and press it through a garlic press. Wash the lemon hot, dab dry and peel the peel into fine strips with a pestle ripper. Finely chop the toast in the universal chopper. Mix bread crumbs, parsley, garlic, parmesan and half of the lemon zest

  4. 4

    Sprinkle crumb mixture over the leek. Spread butter in flakes on top and roast for another 10 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining lemon zests

  5. 5

    Waiting time approx. 10 minutes

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
320 kcal
CARBS
8 g
FATS
28 g
PROTEINS
10 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesVegetables