It’s a very good thing to have a dish of lemony leeks in the larder. They go well with salads and in sandwiches, or simply on their own, as a meze or as an accompaniment to some bigger dish.
Trim the leeks, split in two lengthways, wash out the soil from the leafy end, and split again across the grain.
Put them at the bottom of a saucepan with a generous coating of olive oil and a sprinkling of salt. Wash, peel and slice the carrots diagonally, ¼inch thick,