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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash leeks well under running water, separating layers with your fingers, as they can be very sandy. Slice and check over again for sand. | 2. In pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add sliced leeks, onion & garlic; cook 8 minutes. Add sugar and pepper. Reduce heat to low; cook, stirring 25-30 minutes. Add whiskey; cook scraping up browned bits, about 3 more minutes. Add broth and simmer 15 minutes. | 3. PASTRY: | 4. On floured surface, unfold pastry. With 3" shamrock cookie cutter, sharply cut 6 shamrocks. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Beat egg with 1 T. of water and brush over shamrocks. Freeze 20 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375; remove shamrocks from freezer and bake 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheet on rack. | 5. NOTE: If you have no shamrock cookie cutter, use a 1" round sharp cookie cutter. Using firm downward pressure, cut 18 circles from pastry. (Don't twist) Use a knife to cut 6 1-1/2" x 1/4" strips for stems. On ungreased baking sheet, form shamrocks by wetting edges of one circle and attaching one strip for the stem. Lay 2 more circles, edges touching, slightly overlapping first circle. Repeat with remaining circles and stems to form 5 more shamrocks. Brush with egg wash and proceed as directed above. | 6. To serve, divide hot soup among six 1 cup heated bowls. Sprinkle with finely grated cheddar or any favorite cheese until it melts slightly. Float puff pastry shamrock on top and serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1/4	cup		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
leek	8	cups	cut	434.32	100.74799999999999	10.68	2.136
onion	1		halved sliced	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	3 -4		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar	2	teaspoons		36.708	9.1816	0.0	0.0
pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
irish whiskey	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
beef broth	2	cans		60.9	0.348	9.918	1.9140000000000001
puff pastry	1	sheet	thawed frozen	1367.1	111.965	18.13	94.325
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
cheddar cheese	4	ounces	grated grated	199.5804	12.1449	15.2067	10.0697

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.