Cheesy Leek and Ham
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
1 dish
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 3 large leeks
- 8 slices cooked ham
- 2 onions, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
- 3 tablespoons plain flour
- 2 cups matured cheddar cheese
- black pepper, ground,to taste
- salt, ground,to taste
- 2 cups breadcrumbs
- 1 cup extra cheese (or less)
directions
- Gently fry onion and sliced Leeks in a little butter or margerine, until soft.
- About 2 minutes.
- Remove from pan, reserving juices, and place in an ovenproof casserole dish.
- Roughly chop Ham slices and add to Leek and Onions.
- Make a white sauce, using the pan juices and a little extra butter- about 1 tablespoon.
- Add Cheese to the white sauce, and stir until it has melted.
- Grind salt and black pepper into the white sauce, to taste.
- Pour the sauce over the leeks and onion and Ham.
- Top with breadcrumbs.
- Add extra cheese to the top.
- Place in a 180 degree Centigrade,pre-heated oven, for 20 minutes, or until breadcrumbs are a little crisp and cheese has melted.
- Serve with boiled new potatoes, a green salad and Peas.
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I am a South African, lived in Brisbane, Australia for 7 years and am now living in the USA, and very happily married, just a month ago. So, you see, life does begin at 50, not 40!