Make the Most of Lovely Leeks with These Delicious Recipes (2024)

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Buttery Leeks With Parmesan and Thyme

The plump white bulb of a leek adds aromatic body to countless dishes. Cooked whole, leeks also make substantial meals, like the Buttery Leeks with Thyme and Parmesan that are pictured here.

Snap-Pea and Melted-Leek Tartines

These crunchy toasts topped with caramelized leeks and the spring green of fresh snap peas will gone before you know it—they're that good.

Potato-Leek Frittata

Frittatas are a perfectly portable food for picnics or other outdoor events, so carry our leek and potato version, plumped up with ricotta, on your next adventure.

Leeks Vinaigrette With Hard-Cooked Egg

Channel your inner bistro via this classic French dish, which is best served cool. Hearty leeks are steamed until silky, dressed with good vinegar and topped with the vibrance of grated, hard-boiled eggs. You may want a piece of crunchy baguette alongside.

Leek and Potato Galette

You can almost taste the Alpine air in this rustic and satisfying potato galette, perfect for a cozy meal on a chilly evening.

Leek Tart

Use good store-bought puff pastry for this simple three-ingredient stunner: It's just crisp pastry, butter, and lots and lots of leeks.

Bacon and Eggs With Savory Sautéed Leeks with Bay Scallops, Leeks, and Tarragon

Turn a classic breakfast into a high-end brunch by adding leeks to your bacon and eggs. This is a one-skillet, three-ingredient, low-carb wonder.

Leek-and-Asparagus Crispy Rice

The mellow and melting quality of leeks works beautifully with crisp fried rice. Spring asparagus and peas add seasonal sweetness against a prickle of lemon zest, and everything is made even better by the addition of an egg.

Onion-and-Leek Focaccia

Combining different alliums compounds their individual pleasures. Caramelized onions, leeks, and chives are dramatically layered in a focaccia where flaky salt and fresh rosemary provide backbone for the onions' sweetness.

Matzo-Ball Soup With Leeks

When you're under the weather or need simple soul-therapy, matzo ball soup is the answer. Leeks add soothing sweetness to the brothy backdrop for our largest—lightest—of matzo balls.

Normandy-Style Chicken and Leeks With Crème Fraîche

Famous for cider, Normandy is also home to many, many leeks. But you can enjoy both stateside in this luscious stew where the sweetness of apples and alliums is held in check by crème fraîche and the pungence of fresh thyme.

Asparagus, Leek, and Gruyère Quiche

Nutty, aged Gruyère, leeks, and spring asparagus are stirred into a savory custard of half and half and eggs to fill our favorite pie crust for this addictive quiche.

Leek, Potato, and Morel Gratin

If you eat morels just once a year, celebrate and feature the prized wild mushrooms in this luxurious gratin.

Warm Leeks Vinaigrette

Sherry vinegar is the secret, earthily acidic weapon in this simple and warming dish of whole leeks, where the bite of mustard is gentled by honey.

Salt-Baked Arctic Char

In a stunning presentation, a whole Arctic char is wrapped in leek layers before being baked in a salt crust spiked with orange zest and pink peppercorns. The fish is infused with the aromatics, which escape steamily as you crack open the crisp crust.

Leek Dip

The inherent sweetness of leeks balances the sour cream and fresh chèvre in a dip made crunchy with almonds. This is the perfect way to tempt everyone to eat their vegetables raw.

Creamed Leeks

Here's a decadent and delicious way to prepare leeks. They're sautéed with butter, cooked in white wine, and finished with heavy cream.

Scalloped Potatoes With Leeks

This crowd-pleasing side dish is sweeter and richer when made with leeks.