3 traditional leek topping Recipes

lean ground beef or 600 g cooked beef, shredded, onions, peeled and diced, carrots, peeled and finely diced or 1 large cooked carrot, diced, butter or 1 oz dripping, cooked peas (optional), dried herbs or 1 -2 tbsp fresh mixed herbs, chopped, flour, tomato puree, worcestershire sauce, beef stock (or 250 ml red wine mixed with 2 tsp sugar) (optional), salt, pepper, potato, peeled and cut into small even sized pieces, leeks, cleaned and finely shredded or 2 large cooked leeks, sliced into rings, butter, milk, mature farmhouse cheddar cheese, grated, salt, pepper

poached chicken breasts, bone-in, skin-on chicken breast, leek, trimmed and quartered, onion, peeled and halved, ribs celery, quartered, carrot, peeled and quartered on an angle, lemon, sliced, few sprigs fresh parsley, few sprigs fresh dill, few sprigs fresh thyme, fresh bay leaf, super chicken noodle soup, extra-virgin olive oil, leeks, trimmed, sliced, soaked and dried, onion, quartered and very thinly sliced, ribs celery and leafy tops, very thinly sliced on an angle, parsnips , julienned or 1 small bulb fennel, quartered and julienned, plus small handful fronds, carrots , julienned, salt and finely ground black pepper or white pepper, homemade chicken stock, poached chicken breast , meat diced or shredded, about 2 to 2 1/2 cups white meat, egg noodles, butter, chopped fresh dill and parsley, for garnish