Leek Pie

Name: Leek Pie
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: ½ lb (240 g) home-cooked ham or fried gammon slices, cut into ½ inch (1 cm) pieces; ½ lb (240 g) home-cooked ham or fried gammon slices, cut into ½ inch (1 cm) pieces; 1 lb (½ kg) leeks, cleaned and cut into 1 inch (2.5 cm) pieces; ¾ lb (360 g) short pastry; White pepper; 3 eggs; ⅝ cup (1.5 dl) milk

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

English Provincial Cooking

By Elisabeth Ayrton

Published 1980

About

A recipe traditional all over the north-west of England. The leeks should set in a creamy custard, delicious with the crisp pastry.

Ingredients

1 lb (½ kg) leeks, cleaned and cut into 1 inch (2.5 cm) pieces
¾ lb (360

Europe
United Kingdom
Engalnd
Pie

Method

Plunge the leeks into boiling salted water and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain and allow to cool for 10 minutes.

Line a flan tin with the pastry rolled out to about ⅛ inch (0.25 cm) thick. Roll out and