Cheesy Leeks

Name: Cheesy Leeks
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1 cup mayonnaise; 2 tbsp cider vinegar; ½ tsp sea salt; 1 teaspoon nigella seeds (black onion seeds); 1 teaspoon nigella seeds (black onion seeds); 2 tsp curry powder; 6 tbsp mebos chutney; torn toasted croutons; 300 g mild cheese – white cheddar or white gouda; 300 g mild cheese – white cheddar or white gouda; 300 g mild cheese – white cheddar or white gouda; 6 leeks, thoroughly washed; ½ cup roasted cashew nuts (optional); 1 bunch chives, finely snipped; 2 celery sticks, sliced; 1 iceberg lettuce (or cos or baby gem), sliced; 1 iceberg lettuce (or cos or baby gem), sliced; 1 iceberg lettuce (or cos or baby gem), sliced

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Week in the Kitchen

By Karen Dudley

Published 2012

About

Between the mebos chutney flavoured dressing and the cheesy leeks, this salad calls to something in my childhood.

Ingredients

1 iceberg lettuce (or cos or baby gem), sliced
2 celery sticks, sliced
1 b

Vegetarian

Method

Whisk together the dressing ingredients and adjust seasonings to your taste. Set aside.

Arrange the lettuce, celery, chives and cashew nuts on a serving platter. Slice the leeks as thinly as you can with a very sharp knife. Add these to the other salad components.

Scatter the toasted croutons over the leek-leaf-herb mixture.

Cut the cheese into 1 cm cubes, toss with the