105 leek recipes

Chilled Molokai sweet potato soup with fish: a silky Hawaiian chilled soup of purple Molokai sweet potato, leeks, and limu seaweed, topped with chilled poached snapper. An island-inspired starter.

Creamy winter vegetable soup loaded with potatoes, carrots, spinach, cabbage, and leeks in a bacon-enriched broth. Half pureed for velvety body with chunky texture in every spoonful.

Homemade white vegetable stock simmered with celery, carrots, leeks, mushrooms, garlic, and white wine. A versatile vegan base for soups, risottos, and sauces that's clean-tasting and full of depth.

Homemade vegetable broth simmered 3-4 hours with onions, garlic, carrots, celery, leeks, potatoes, and soy sauce. Freeze in containers for a rich, low-fat base for soups and stews.

Traditional Irish boiled dinner: fresh beef brisket simmered in lager with leeks, onion, carrots, red potatoes, turnips, and cabbage. A St. Patrick's Day-ready one-pot feast that feeds six from one Dutch oven.

Hearty pasta bean potage with cannellini beans, ham, pasta spirals, fresh tomatoes, and herbs in chicken broth. An Italian-style bean and pasta soup that eats like a meal.

Scandinavian split pea soup slow-cooked with salt pork, frankfurters, carrots, leeks, and thyme. A hearty, thick one-pot supper that simmers for 10 hours in a crockpot. Traditional Nordic comfort food.

Homemade vegan vegetable broth simmered for 3 to 4 hours with white wine, carrots, celery, potatoes, mushrooms, leeks, and fresh herbs. A clean, flavorful base for soups and sauces.

Pureed red lentil soup with bacon and leek, finished with cream and served with poached chicken liver dumplings. A refined European soup with old-world elegance.

Homemade light vegetable broth simmered with white wine, leeks, mushrooms, and fresh herbs. Low-fat, freezer-friendly, and packed with clean veggie flavor for soups, stews, and risottos.

Truffled potato stew with new potatoes braised in white wine and vegetable consomme with leeks, garlic, and thyme. Finished with shaved fresh truffles and asparagus tips.

A farmers market celebration of artichokes, fava beans, asparagus, peas, leeks, turnips, and carrots gently stewed with lemon, garlic, and butter. Each vegetable cooked to its own ideal doneness.

Chive vichyssoise is a chilled potato-leek soup made lighter with buttermilk instead of cream. Silky, tangy, and brightened with lemon juice and a dash of hot sauce.

One-pot beef and corn casserole with rice, peppers, leeks, and carrots simmered in beef broth. Cubed beef browned then slow-cooked with vegetables until tender.

Hearty red lentil soup with carrots, celery, leeks, and tomatoes simmered in chicken broth with thyme and bay leaf. Partially pureed for a creamy-chunky texture.

Norwich Inn boiled chicken dinner with leeks, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and tarragon in white wine broth. A light, New England one-pot meal served in brothy soup plates.