Creamy Green Leek & Pea Pasta
Creamy Green Leek & Pea Pasta

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, creamy green leek & pea pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Creamy Green Leek & Pea Pasta. Recipe PDF Vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, soy-free. Creamy Leek Pasta is a great way to make use of the, in my opinion, underused leek, and something a little bit different for pasta night.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy green leek & pea pasta using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Green Leek & Pea Pasta:
  1. Take 1 tbsp (15 ml) olive oil
  2. Prepare 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  3. Make ready 2 stalks green onions, thinly sliced
  4. Get 1 large leek, green tops removed, tailed, halved, washed, thinly sliced
  5. Get 1 jalapeño, de-seeded, minced
  6. Make ready 1 large head broccoli, outer fibrous layer of stem removed, chopped into small pieces, green tops cut into florets
  7. Take 1 tsp (5 g) salt
  8. Take 225 g frozen peas
  9. Make ready 100 g frozen spinach
  10. Prepare 1/2 tsp dried basil
  11. Prepare 1/4 tsp dried oregano
  12. Make ready 1/4 tsp dried mint (optional)
  13. Take 400 g fusilli pasta, or other pasta of choice (GF if desired)
  14. Take 250 ml plant-based cooking cream (we used soy, but you could use oat or almond if GF)
  15. Get 1 tbsp (15 ml) lemon juice (the juice from about ½ a lemon)

For a bit of zing, you can add a little bit of white wine for slight acidity. Add to your preferred taste. herbs and spices to pair with leeks. Leeks are relatives of onions and garlic, but they have a milder taste than either of them. This is the creamiest creamed leeks recipe.

Instructions to make Creamy Green Leek & Pea Pasta:
  1. Cut the stem off the head of broccoli. Cut away the fibrous outer layer of the stem. Chop the remaining stem into bite-sized pieces. The green tops of the broccoli can be cut into small bite-sized pieces.
  2. To a large pot on high heat, add the olive oil, and when hot, add in the garlic, green onion, leek, jalapeño, broccoli stems, and salt. Note, the salt here helps to draw the water our of the veggies, which helps it all cook faster. Cook this for 5 minutes, or until the leeks become soft and translucent.
  3. Then add the peas, spinach, basil, oregano, and mint, cooking for another 5 - 6 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the package instructions, adding the broccoli florets in the last couple minutes. Just before draining it all, scoop out 120 ml cooking water from pasta and add to the veggie pan. Then drain the pasta and broccoli florets.
  5. Add the cooking cream to the veggie pot, and stir to combine. You can leave this pasta sauce chunky as is, or make it smooth by blending it all up using an immersion blender or standing blender. We chose to blend about half of ours with an immersion blender, making it part-chunky and part-smooth.
  6. Add the pasta and broccoli to the sauce, along with the lemon juice, and toss to coat.
  7. Serve while hot, alongside some lemon wedges and garnished with fresh basil leaves.

All we need are leeks, butter and cream. with a pinch of salt. A deliciously rich side dish ready in minutes. THIS CREAMED LEEK RECIPE IS: GLUTEN FREE AND FANTASTIC. If you've never tried them, you're in for a real treat. Used low sodium chicken broth only, instead of water, but included the wine, of course.

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