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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Young leeks (baby leeks or ramps) are nicest. | 2. Make sure large leeks are cleaned of all soil. Slice off most of green tops, then slice down into the leek "leaves", open the "leaves" and rinse under a tap. | 3. Slice leeks into 2 inch lengths and parboil -- this takes care of the "windy" aftereffects leeks can have! Drain. | 4. Set oven at 350 deg. F or 180 deg Celsius Those with convection ovens might want to use a lower setting. | 5. Grease an oven dish of roughly 8 x 8 x 3 inches,or 18 x 18 x 8cm. | 6. Peel apples, and slice thinly. Pack into bottom of dish. You should have at least 2 layers, else use an extra apple. Season lightly with salt, pepper and ground nutmeg. (If using a sour apple like Granny Smith, sprinkle over a teaspoon or more of sugar or substitute). | 7. Crumble over the feta, and also the chopped garlic. | 8. Layer over the drained leeks. Sprinkle with the fennel and cumin seeds, and season again lightly with salt, pepper, nutmeg and a few drops of hot sauce. | 9. Measure the milk into a saucepan, add the flour, and whisk until it comes to boiling. Remove from heat immediately -- the white sauce contains no butter and could burn at the bottom. | 10. Ladle over the leeks. Sprinkle top generously with a seasoned salt, or with salt and dried herbs, or a barbecue spice. | 11. Bake for about 50 - 60 minutes, or until the dish has puffed slightly all over and the edges are turning a pale brown. | 12. Delicious with meats and a filling but light side dish. | 13. **Please note that this recipe is very adaptable. You could bake it in a pie crust by adding 2 eggs to the white sauce. You could add fried, chopped bacon. You could use chopped fresh herbs instead of the spices. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
leek	1			54.29	12.5935	1.335	0.267
oil				-	-	-	-
apple	3		sweet	195.0	51.7875	0.975	0.6375
feta cheese	2	ounces		149.688	2.319	8.0571	12.0658
garlic	1	teaspoon	chopped	4.172	0.9257	0.1781	0.013999999999999999
salt				-	-	-	-
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
nutmeg			ground	-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
fennel seed	1	teaspoon		6.9	1.0458	0.316	0.2974
hot pepper sauce			chopped	-	-	-	-
flour	1	ounce		103.7591	22.7164	1.6868	0.4026
milk	2	cups		297.68	23.3264	15.372	15.9576

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