Gold Napa Leek Gratin Recipes

CREAMY POTATO AND LEEK GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in middle. Generously butter a 3-qt shallow baking dish. Cut a round of parchment paper to fit just inside a 12-inch heavy skillet, then set parchment aside.
• Halve leeks lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 1 1/2-inch pieces (you should have about 8 cups). Wash leeks.
• Cook leeks in butter with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper, covered with parchment round, in skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, peel potatoes and slice crosswise 1/16 inch thick with slicer. Transfer to a large heavy pot with cream, milk, thyme, 1 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally (liquid will thicken). Stir in leeks, then transfer to baking dish.
• Bake, uncovered, until potatoes are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
• Do Ahead
• Gratin can be baked 2 days ahead and chilled. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes, then reheat, covered, in a 350°F oven until hot, about 30 minutes.

LEEKS AU GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cut off the root end and the tough leaf ends, then cut leeks lengthwise in half; cut halves crosswise into 3-in. pieces. Place cream, salt, pepper and leeks in a large cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 5 minutes. Uncover; simmer 15 minutes. Remove from heat; sprinkle with cheese., Bake, uncovered, until top is golden and leeks are tender, 15-20 minutes. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving.

POTATO LEEK GRATIN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees and butter a 2-quart gratin dish. Wash the leeks to remove any grit and slice thinly crosswise.
• Using a mandoline or sharp knife, slice the potatoes into rounds, 1/8-inch thick. Toss with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Layer the rounds in the gratin dish.
• Melt the 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add leeks, remaining salt and pepper, and thyme. Cook, stirring, until leeks are tender and golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Discard thyme and scatter the leeks over the potatoes.
• Add cream, garlic and bay leaf to the skillet, scraping up browned bits of leeks from the bottom of the pan. Simmer gently for 5 minutes. Stir in nutmeg.
• Pour the cream over the leeks and potatoes and top with the Gruyère. Cover with aluminum foil and transfer to the oven. Bake for 40 minutes, uncover and bake until the cheese is bubbling and golden, 15 to 20 minutes longer. Let cool slightly before serving.

GOLD NAPA LEEK GRATIN

Steps:

• 1. Oven to 350. 2. Put cream in small saucepan on low-mid, do not allow to boil. Simply allow cream to heat without scorching. 3. Add minced garlic to cream. Stir with whisk infrequently for 10 minutes or so while doing next steps. Goal is to release garlic essence to cream; use your nose to check progress - up heat if no garlic scent after 5 minutes. If you feel a thin layer sticking to the pan when stirring then slightly lower heat and stir with whisk to remove layer from pan base. 4. Wash potatoes - not leeks or cabbage yet. 5. Peel potatoes. Perfection on peel is not necessary. 6. Slice potatoes to 3/16". 7. Slice leeks to 3/16". Remove and discard root tip and green fronds - utilize lighter greenish white area. 8. Slice cabbage to 3/16". Remove and discard root tip. 9. Fill bowl with cool water and add sliced leeks, stirring and separating concentric circles with fingers to clean. Lift out of water to towel or colander to drain. 10. Clean cabbage in same fashion. 11. Add Boursin cheese to cream mixture, whisk to incorporate. Lower heat to low. 12. Taste mixture, add salt and pepper and taste again. 13. Lightly grease 11x17" casserole pan. 14. Layer 100% coverage of potatoes, then 50% coverage of leeks, and 50% coverage of cabbage. Spoon 1/4 cream mixture over then salt and pepper - do keep in mind potatoes proclivity to devour salt. Repeat until exhaust potatoes or pan is full. 15. Top with gruyere. 16. Cover with foil and place in oven. 17. After 35 minutes remove foil and continue baking until top is browned approximately another 35 minutes.

POTATO & LEEK GRATIN

Steps:

• Pour the stock, cream and milk into a small saucepan, add the garlic and bay leaf and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, cover and let the flavours infuse while you get on with the rest of the dish.
• Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C. Butter a 2 litre gratin dish well. Mix the potatoes, leeks and ham (if using) together in the dish, and spread out in an even layer. Pour over the stock mixture and tuck the bay leaf in the middle. Season and sprinkle with the cheese.
• Stand the dish on a baking tray to catch any spills. Loosely cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Test the potatoes with a knife - they should be just beginning to soften. Remove the foil and bake for another 35-45 minutes, spooning some of the stock mixture over every now and again until the potatoes are tender. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.

YUKON GOLD AND MELTED LEEK GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F In a large saute pan, melt the butter over medium heat until just foaming. Reduce heat to low and saute leeks until very soft, about 10 minutes.
• In a large gratin dish, alternate layers of potatoes, leeks, and cheese, seasoning each layer with salt and pepper.
• Finish with a final sprinkling of cheese. Pour the cream over top and cover lightly with aluminum foil. Bake for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 30 to 40 minutes, or until bubbling and brown on top. Let cool slightly.

LEEKS AU GRATIN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom and side of shallow 2-quart casserole. Cut leeks into 1/2-inch pieces. In 3-quart saucepan, heat 2 inches water to boiling. Add leeks. Cover and cook over medium heat about 5 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain.
• In 2-quart saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter over low heat. Cook flour, salt and pepper over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and bubbly; remove from heat. Gradually stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in cheese until melted. Stir in leeks. Pour into casserole.
• In small bowl, mix bread crumbs and 2 teaspoons butter until crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over casserole.
• Bake uncovered about 25 minutes or until golden brown.