{"id":201,"date":"2009-03-02T16:24:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forthillfarm.com\/news\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:24:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:24:56","slug":"leeks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/?page_id=201","title":{"rendered":"Leeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leeks<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leeks are a member of the onion family and can be used in similar ways.\u00a0 <\/span>They have a delicate and sweet onion flavor that is often overlooked.\u00a0 <\/span>In France they\u2019re an everyday vegetable that are important additions to many dishes and often served alone.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Storage and Handling:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Store Leeks in a loosely closed plastic bag in your refrigerator crisper drawer for up to two weeks.\u00a0 <\/span>The longer you keep them, you may \u2018lose\u2019 an outer layer or two.\u00a0 <\/span>When you are ready to use simply peel the outer layer away to reveal a beautifully intact leek.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Always give leeks a good rinse before cooking with them.\u00a0 <\/span>They are surrounded by soil while they grow and often have dirt and grit that finds it way into the layers.\u00a0 <\/span>The easiest way to do this is to cut them in half lengthwise and rinse under a thin stream of cold running water while gently spreading the layers apart with your fingers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Slice them into half moons or rounds.\u00a0 <\/span>Fill a bowl with cold water and drop your sliced leeks into the water.\u00a0 <\/span>Swish them around in the water with your fingers while breaking apart the layers.\u00a0 <\/span>Allow them to sit for 3 to 5 minutes and all the grit will fall to the bottom of the bowl and the leeks will float!\u00a0 <\/span>Gently scoop them out onto a kitchen towel, give them a quick pat dry and your ready to cook!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Culinary Uses:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Leeks are more versatile than most people know.\u00a0 <\/span>They are a wonderful aromatic that can be used in soups, stews and braises.\u00a0 <\/span>They can be saut\u00e9ed with other veggies to add a nice gentle onion flavor but are also wonderful on their own!\u00a0 <\/span>They can be braised, roasted, saut\u00e9ed and grilled.\u00a0 <\/span>You can also steam leeks and this is recommended before roasting and grilling.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Leeks \u00a0 Leeks are a member of the onion family and can be used in similar ways.\u00a0 They have a delicate and sweet onion flavor that is often overlooked.\u00a0 In France they\u2019re an everyday vegetable that are important additions to many dishes and often served alone.\u00a0 \u00a0 Storage and Handling: Store Leeks in a loosely…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}