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Cooking with Styles | Leeks au Gratin

You have to try this Styles family favorite!

SAN DIEGO — This is one of those dishes my Dad would make all the time for no particular reason. My brother Gregg and I loved them, but our friend that would come over for dinner couldn't handle all the weird veggies our family would eat.

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Leeks au Gratin

  • 4 - 5 stalks of Leeks, cleaned & sliced
  • 4 oz. Butter
  • 3 tbsp. Flour
  • 2 cups Milk
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • 8 oz. Swiss cheese, grated
  • 1 cup Panko breadcrumbs
  • 2 tbsp. Olive oil
  • 2 tbsp. salt for water

In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat, add flour and stir for 2 - 3 minutes. 

Slowly pour in milk and mix using a whisk to prevent lumps; add dijon mustard, salt, and pepper. Bring to a slow boil and simmer for 3 - 4 minutes. 

Fill a large stock pot halfway with water and salt with two tablespoons of salt and bring to a rapid boil; add Leeks and cook for 3 - 4 minutes; remove and drain. 

For the white sauce, stir in half the grated Swiss cheese and then fold it into the Leeks. 

In a separate bowl, toss Panko breadcrumbs with Olive oil. 

Transfer Leeks to the casserole dish, cover with the remaining Swiss cheese, and top with Panko breadcrumbs; bake at 350° for 20 minutes.

1 cup Panko breadcrumbs

2 tbsp. Olive oil

2 tbsp. salt for water

In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat, add flour and stir for 2 - 3 minutes. Slowly pour in milk and mix using a Wisk to prevent lumps; add Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper. Bring to a slow boil and simmer for 3 - 4 minutes. Fill a large stock pot halfway with water and salt with two tablespoons of salt and bring to a rapid boil; add Leeks and cook for 3 - 4 minutes; remove and drain. To the White sauce, stir the grated Swiss cheese in half and then fold it into the Leeks. In a separate bowl, toss Panko breadcrumbs with Olive oil. Transfer Leeks to the casserole dish, cover with the remaining Swiss cheese, and top with Panko breadcrumbs; bake at 350° for 20 minutes.

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