
Leeks with bacon & mushrooms
A delicious, versatile side dish of sweet braised leeks and crispy bacon - great with a Sunday roast
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Chicken & bacon pie
Potato, leek & chorizo soup
App onlyLeek, pea & spinach orzo. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Mushroom risotto
Cheese & bacon turnovers
App onlyLeek & comte quiche. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Chicken & bacon pie
Potato, leek & chorizo soup
App onlyLeek, pea & spinach orzo. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Mushroom risotto
Cheese & bacon turnovers
App onlyLeek & comte quiche. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Chicken & bacon pie
Potato, leek & chorizo soup
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Spanakopita
A crispy Greek-style spinach and feta filo pie that you can adapt for your needs. This simple spanakopita recipe uses just five ingredients.
Slow-roast shoulder of lamb with anchovy & rosemary
This generous dish of melt-in-the-mouth lamb feels extravagant, but is an inexpensive way to feed a crowd
- 50g butter
- 4 rashers smoked streaky baconchopped
- few thymesprigs
- 200g pack chestnut mushroomquartered, or halved
- 2 leeksthickly sliced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal165
- fat16g
- saturates8g
- carbs2g
- sugars1g
- fibre2g
- protein5g
- salt0.8glow
Method
step 1
Melt the butter in a large frying pan, then add the bacon and fry for a few mins until golden. Add the thyme, mushrooms and leeks with seasoning (remember bacon can be salty), cover pan and cook on a low heat for 20-25 mins until leeks are tender.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2012
Comments, questions and tips (10)
Overall rating
mrjr9bd9h9lYyJkkVg
Do you think it would work with broccoli added in and a cheese/white sauce? I want a new side dish for a roast dinner!
rita_powell167848
Really tasty. I stired in cooked pasta and a tablespoon of basil pesto. Served with grated Parmesan.
lizleicester
Halved the amounts for 2 of us. It's delicious!

rosyni
I really enjoyed this, I would add an extra leek next time, also I added some garden peas in at the end, was delish
buttons13
I didn't have much for lunch so thought i experiment as this recipe looked nice. I kept all the main ingredients the same but left out thyme sprigs. I melted the butter in a frying pan, added one sliced leek,cooked till almost soft. Added 3 slices of smoked bacon which i chopped in and cooked till…
pavdude
In the bowel :)
