this huge leek and this bag of parsnips. So now...what do I do with them? I'm thinking maybe soup? The temperature here dropped to almost freezing last night and 59 F today. In a few days it is supposed to be 80 F again. That is just the way fall and spring work here. Anyway, leave a message with some links to leek/parsnip recipes on your blog or any other blog if you know of any and I'll go search Mark's blog (when I have time, which I don't right now) since I know he has some.
I love parsnip and stilton soup, a real winter warmer! Or roast them with your potatoes with a Sunday roast.
ReplyDeleteLeeks are lovely gently fried with a little butter then mixed in with mashed potatoes, yummy with pork chops and apple sauce!
I'd roast the parsnips in the oven with carrots, olive oil and sea salt. The leeks are fabulous in soups or tarts - here's one of my favourite recipes: Leek and Goat's Cheese Tart
ReplyDeleteI would roast them as well or roast and mash them together with potatoes. Don't leave them in the oven as long as you do with roast potatoes though or they will end up as black crisps.
ReplyDeleteRoast the parsnips in the oven in some Duck fat... Make the leeks into soup (leek and potato is a good one)... The opportunities are endless!
ReplyDeleteThank you all. All my duck fat is outside running around the pen. I just looked it up and have a leek and parsnip soup going. I am not too sure about the leeks. I don't like the smell of them but the parsnips smell like carrots to me only slightly different. Hopefully it will make a decent soup.
ReplyDeleteThere's a great soup recipe with parsnips and butternut squash. It has cumin and shallots also with honey added. No broth just water. Cook everything and then puree with stick blender. Serve with sunflowers seeds on top.
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Thank you but I have already made an awful leek and parsnip soup. I have to say it has turned me right off of leeks. I can't eat something that tastes like grass. I think the parsnips would be alright but I can't taste them over the "grass" flavor of the leeks.
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Ok, this experiment was a failure. We couldn't eat the soup. Frankly I think the parsnips we will try again but not the leeks.
ReplyDeleteLeeks, fried in butter, and then added to soup work better. A simple restaurant trick is to add 1-2 parsnips to a batch of mashed potatoes - adds some depth to the flavor. The other day I fried a leek (chopped fine) in butter and added some boiled carrot slices, salt and pepper, and fried it all a little more (to get the moisture off). It worked really well. Don't avoid it just because the first time you don't like the taste!
ReplyDeleteOh I don't know. It is possible I could get to like it but I am doubting it. The parsnips seemed to have a nice taste but the leeks tasted like grass. I have my garden planned out for next year already and it doesn't include leeks or parsnips but that is more of a space problem than a taste problem. I am however thinking over how to increase my space. Just the fact that I am planning what to grow is an improvement on my gardening, lol.
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