4 leek brunch Recipes

leek, white and part of the green sliced thinly, garlic, diced, butter, butter for ing the baking dish, french bread, cubed into 1 cubes (depending on the size of your loaf, you may or may not need the entire loaf - you need enough to cover the bottom on the baking dish, and a layer on the top), cubed smoked ham (i prefer the saltiness of smoked ham over the sweet taste of honey or brown sugar ham - if you don tsp have leftover ham to use, just ask the deli person to slice a 1 thick piece of smoked ham for you), grated gruyere cheese (swiss cheese will do, but gruyere is worth the splurge!), half-and-half or whole milk, eggs, salt, garlic salt, pepper, al: a very light drizzle of hollandaise sauce over each slice is a nice addition, too. if you put the sauce in a separate gravy server , your guests can have the choice of adding it or noti m a big fan of hollandaise, so of course i never pass it up

extra-virgin olive oil, fat leeks (white and pale parts only), coarsely chopped and washed (2 cups), onion, chopped, garlic, chopped, baby spinach, coarsely chopped, kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, ricotta cheese, eggs, fresh thyme leaves, halved pitted kalamata olives, all-purpose flour, for rolling, sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed in the refrigerator

butter, leeks, sliced, fresh asparagus spears, trimmed, broken into 1 inch pieces, frozen southern style hash brown potatoes, roasted red pepper , strips from jar, salt, dried dill weed, eggs, half-and-half, parmesan cheese, finely shredded