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Leeks With Bacon & Mushrooms

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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 25m
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 50 grams butter
  • 150 grams bacon (6 rashers smoked streaky bacon, chopped, See hint after prep steps)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons dry thyme
  • 225 grams mushrooms (chestnut mushrooms, thick-sliced = 1/2 lb or roughly 2 cups fresh sliced, See mushroom info after prep steps)
  • 2 leeks, thick-sliced
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Melt butter in a lrg frying pan. Then add bacon & fry a few mins until golden & crisp.

  • Step 2: Add the thyme, mushrooms & leeks, cover pan & cook on low heat for 20 mins or until leeks are tender.

  • Step 3: HINT: The easy way to make quick work of cutting the bacon & retain uniform size of the pieces for cooking is to use your kitchen scissors to cut 1/2 in segments. Easy-peasy & done in a flash.

  • Step 4: MUSHROOM INFO: A chestnut mushroom is the same as a white button mushroom, but is a strain that grows just a bit browner, giving it a tan-colored top. They are very much like cremini mushrooms & about the same size, but they have a better flavor & texture than plain white mushrooms. Chestnut mushrooms are also allowed to grow into larger sizes to be sold as "Portobellos". Portobellos are often called "Flat Chestnut Mushrooms" for this reason.

Tips & Variations

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  • No special items are required.

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