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No Cream "cream sauce"

Submitted by Miss Danielle on Mon, 05/28/2007 - 2:35pm.
Ingredients: 
  • 2 Leeks
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tblsp water
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • fresh herbs (thyme or basil works nice)
  • sea salt
Instructions: 

1) Cut off the ends of the leeks and slice down the center. Let the leeks soak in a bowl of water. Loosen the 'leaves' to make sure all the bits of sand get out. Remove and rinse. The original recipe says to discard the green parts of the leaks. I like to keep them and add them for flavour on top.

2) Cut the white part of the leeks up in 1/4 inch slices. Steam for 12 minutes.

3) Put all ingredients into a food processor or blender. Puree for one minute. You may want to experiment with the amount of liquid you add to change the consistency.

Notes: 

You could also sauté these ingredients first in a pan, then blend them. The steaming is more healthy. Later, if you can tolerate it, you could try a bit of butter to make it creamier.