Hello /ck/!
For this week's cook-along we will be making a bacon and leeks pie.
Then salted caramel pumpkin seeds.
Ingredients
10 slices of bacon
4 large leeks
1 cup cream
2 eggs
1 sheet of puff party (make your own if you'd like)
1 spring of tarragon
1 table spoon dijon mustard
>>7056387
1. Slice the leeks in rounds about 1/2" thick, Rinse well to remove any sand.
>>7056390
2. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels and set aside to dry.
>>7056393
3. Get a large skillet and start cooking bacon.
>>7056399
4. Set aside on a different plate lined with paper towels to drain.
>>7056404
5. Drain most of the bacon fat from the skillet. Add the leeks. Spread to mostly a single layer and cook undisturbed for a couple of minute to get some coloration on them.
>>7056417
6. In the mean time, chop the tarragon and whisk together with the cream and eggs.
>>7056419
7. And line a pie plate with the puff pastry.
>>7056423
8. Poke holes in the bottom with a fork.
>>7056429
9. Your bacon should be done draining so chop it up.
>>7056371
Lurkan.
>>7056437
10. Brush the bottom of the pie with the mustard.
Add the cream mixture and the chopped up bacon. Add back pepper.
>>7056439
Thanks! I was wondering if anyone was reading.
>>7056443
11. Add the leeks.
Bake in a 375F oven for 30 minutes.
>>7056445
12. Allow to cool for a few minutes before cutting.
>>7056448
It refuses to slice up neatly, but it tasted pretty good anyways.
>>7056460
It was, if a bit on the heavy side of things.
>>7056451
Cool will try this soon
Great recipe OP and thread... need more threads like this :D
On to the dessert!
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups raw pumpkin seeds, rinsed and pat dry
Caramel :
2 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon each, brown sugar and granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel
Seems like it'd be a little bland.
>>7056468
I make them weekly. And a few other anons do to. They just tend to get burried in the catalog from lack of responses.
>>7056470
1. Combine the sugar and spices.
>>7056471
You get nice bites of bacon and the leeks are still firm and slightly caramelized so you get texture and flavor from them. The tarragon is more muted, just tying everything together.
>>7056472
2. Combine the pumpkin seeds and the spiced sugar.
>>7056479
3. Turn over to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake in a 300F oven for 25-30 minutes.
>>7056487
4. Towards the end of the cooking, melt the butter in a large skillet. Add the sugars and fleur de sel. Keeping the heat on medium, stir until no longer grainy.
>>7056492
5. Take the baked pumpkin seeds out of the oven.
>>7056494
6. Toss the seeds into the caramel and stir to coat. Cook in the caramel for about 1 minutes.
Then pour unto a clean, cold, baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Allow to cool fully and enjoy.
>>7056371
Good job Op, this cook-along is very cute
>>7056637
Thanks!
Bump for OC.
>>7056443
im always watching
ive got some pistachio kernels, will get some cinnamon and try candying them this week!
>>7057313
Yumm pistachios.
Noice. Would save a vertical..
>>7057488
I will make one later tonight
First vertical
I fucking love leek, OP you're a fucking mad cunt
>>7059316
I'll take that as a compliment and you're welcome :-)
Second vertical is done too.
>>7059326
saved and forwarded to my pumpkin rich coworker lel
>>7059326
op i rwally like you i hope you stay on this shit board
>>7056387
>puff party
Woohoo
Jk, looks great f a m
>>7056451
your pastry and egg mixture need work, but solid!
also try a lower heat for longer. those leeks are not really tear-apart/melted whatever as desired.
Thanks OP!
>>7060332
Wouldn't that basically be a quiche? Either way, looks good OP
Good job OP
Looks really good, will try it. Kudos to you OP.
tfw no oven.
postin in epic bread
>>7056451
you should probably pre-bake the bottom of the pie before adding the leeks, cream and bacon to keep it from getting soggy.
A quality thread on my /ck/? More likely than you think.
>>7061326
this is really the glaring flaw.
other than that, I would've seasoned the leeks when I cooked them, also added a pinch of nutmeg to the cream maybe. looks good though, would certainly eat.
