Leeks, Boiled
From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907).
A historical recipe
Mrs. Beeton's household management, by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton (1907).
United Kingdom
Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Printed in United Kingdom: that says where the book was made, not where the dish comes from.
Ingredients 2 ingredients
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
- Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.
Method
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- Ingredients.
- — 12 young leeks, salt, vinegar, £ of a pint of white sauce (see Sauces, No.
- 223), toast.
- Method.
- — Trim oft the roots, the outer leaves, and the green ends, and cut the stalks into 6 inch lengths.
- Have ready a saucepan of boiling water, add a tablespoonful of vinegar and a dessertspoonful of salt, put in the leeks, previously tied in bundles, and boil gently for about 40 minutes, or until they are perfectly tender.
- Drain well, serve on toast, and pour the white sauce over them.
- Time.
- — About 40 minutes.
- Average Cost, is.
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- 3d.
- Obtainable all the year;
- cheapest in September, October and November.
- THE LEEK (Fr.
- poireau).
- — This plant, the Albium porrum, is highly valued for culinary purposes.
- It is ordinarily sown in Spring, and is ready for use the following Winter.
- Its flavour is much milder than that of the onion, or any other species of the allium.
- Leeks, like the onion, are more frequently employed for flavouring purposes than served a?
- a vegetable : but if boiled in 3 or 4 waters, and afterwards stewed in milk, quartered, and served on toast like asparagus, they are nearly, if not quite, as delicate.
Plating
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