Leeks in Vinaigrette

Poireaux à la Vinaigrette

Preparation info
  • Servings:

    4 or 6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Richard Olney

Published 1974

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Ingredients

  • 3 pounds small leeks

Method

See instructions for paring and cleaning leeks. Use only the white and very light-green parts of the leeks. Tie them into bundles as for asparagus, plunge them into salted, boiling water, and cook, covered, at a simmer for about ten minutes or until they are only just done, the flesh offering but the slightest resistance to the point of a small sharp knif