So the meat feast went down a treat. While the rest of Britain was sitting shivering round the radiator, Bite Clubbers were relishing a spicy Spanish treat – warming up dinner plates with a shot of paprika-rich chorizo. Salmagundy plumped for a chorizo, sausage and lentil stew, with garlicky mash (and how delicious does that sound?), SusanSmillie made chicken, chorizo and bean stew in what enthusiast said looked a bit like a chamber pot, technopeasant produced a perfect Spanish bangers and mash and Constance67 shared a recipe for a warm chorizo and runner bean salad.
I however, was stymied a little by delayed building works – what other kind are there? – and a distinct lack of kitchen. Hopefully, things will all be in order this weekend, when Bite Club digs out the leeks.
Sweet, flavourful British leeks; what better sidedish (or even, jollied up with some cream and bacon perhaps, main dish) could anyone hope for? Even better, they're cheap and plentiful right now – rustle around in your veg box, if you get one, and you'll doubtless find a couple.
So now all we need are the cookery ideas. I'm a big fan of Delia's shepherd's pie with it's crust of leeks and cheese providing a little welcome texture and flavour to the mash topping – and of course, there's always the silken loveliness of a leek-and-something soup.
But what else, biteclubbers? What will you be using your leeks for? Does anyone ever bake them? How – and what with? Give us your favourite recipes, and tell us what you'll be cooking below.
