Thyme-Flavoured Baby Leeks

Name: Thyme-Flavoured Baby Leeks
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt and pepper to taste; 10 sprigs of fresh thyme; ¼ cup olive oil; 2 Tbsp white wine; ½ Tbsp chopped fresh parsley; 500 g baby leeks

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

All Sorts of Healthy Dishes

By Chantal Lascaris

Published 2017

About

LEEKS, ALONG WITH GARLIC AND ONIONS, ARE PART OF THE VEGETABLE GENUS ALLIUM. ALTHOUGH THEIR TASTE IS GENTLER AND SWEETER THAN ONIONS, THEY STILL RETAIN MANY OF THE HEALTH-PROMOTING NUTRIENTS FOUND IN THEIR MORE ROBUSTLY FLAVOURED COUNTERPARTS. THE WORD ‘ALLIUM’ ORIGINATES FROM THE GREED WORD FOR GARLIC.

Ingredients

500 g baby leeks
10 sprigs of fresh thyme
¼ cup

Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Arrange the leeks snugly in a baking dish.
Tuck the thyme sprigs in between and around the leeks.
Pour over the olive oil and white wine.
Cover with aluminium foil and