Cheesy Leek and Potato Bake
"A well used recipe in my house-and so easy to make. It’s great as a side dish to a main meal, or as a topping on Cottage Pies and suchlike, or quite simply a good comforting supper dish all on its own with some good thick gravy to pour on top. This is actually my husband’s favourite way to eat potato. I hope you enjoy it."
photo by *Parsley*
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
2-6
ingredients
- 900 g potatoes
- 50 g butter
- 3 leeks
- 200 g grated cheddar cheese
- 1 large egg
directions
- Preheat oven to 220°C.
- Boil potatoes. Cut leeks into 1 cm slices. Melt 1/2 of the butter in a pan and cook leeks for about 10 minutes.
- Drain and mash potatoes with the other 1/2 of butter, the egg and 3/4 of the cheese.
- Season to taste, stir in the leeks and turn into a large ovenproof dish.
- Top with remaining cheese and bake for about 10 minutes, until golden. Will take longer if you have prepared the dish in advance.
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Reviews
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What a yummy potato dish! In our house it easily serves 4 people. I cut back on the cheese, only used 1/2 to ligthen it up a bit. Next time I think I will mix all cheese in with the potatoes, I like it better in it than on top. Thank you for sharing this great dish! -
Yumm! We loved this. I did use only one leek because they were really expensive at my grocery store and it still was delicious. Next time I will wait until the leeks go on sale and use all three. Thank you for the recipe. Made for PRMR tag. -
Quite a yummy dish that I had for dinner with mustard greens from the garden! Thanks Noo! Made for PRMR. -
Fantastic mashed potatoes. This makes mashed potatoes much less ho-hum and yet doesn't take a whole lot more effort. I made this just as written, using an extra sharp white cheddar. I doubled the recipe and I'm so glad that I did. I may have to make even more next time. Thanx for sharing! -
The hubby loved this...I did too...I cut the recipe in half and it gave me 3 servings...I have leftovers in the frig...loved the leeks...they gave a nice unusual texture and flavor to mashed potatoes...I was a tad bit concerned when I noticed there wasn't any liquid like milk or broth...they were on the dense side which we love...thanks for posting the recipe...=)
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Noo8820
Adelaide, 0
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