Cheesy Leek Dip with Crostini
Prep time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 8 mins for Crostini + 20 mins for dip
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1 Baguette, thinly sliced
- Roughly a ¼ cup of olive oil
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- 1 leek, sliced in half lengthways and diced
- 2 tablespoons of paprika
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 200gm of cheddar, grated
- 250gm of cream cheese, allow to come to room temperature
- 60gm of Parmigiano Reggiano, grated
- 1 spring onion, finely diced
- 1 rasher of bacon, finely diced
Method
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To make the crostini, preheat the oven to 180C fan grill and very thinly slice the
baguette. Lay slices on a sheet pan with baking paper and cover both sides in
a drizzle of olive oil and salt. Toast in the oven for roughly 4 minutes each side
or until browned and crispy. Leave the oven on the same setting for the
cheese mixture. -
Slice the leek in half lengthways and thinly dice. Place the leek into a bowl and
cover with 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil, paprika, salt and pepper. -
Heat butter in a pan over medium heat and fry leeks for roughly 10 minutes
until nicely caramelised. -
Combine leeks, cream cheese, cheddar (reserving around a ¼ for topping
later) and Parmigiano Reggiano and mix. If the cheese isn’t mixing well, put it
in the microwave for 30 seconds or so to further soften the cheese. -
Place the cheese and leek mixture in a baking dish and top with the
remaining cheddar. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until the top layer of
cheddar is nicely crisped. -
Meanwhile, very thinly dice the bacon and cook in the same pan used for the
leeks until nice and crispy. -
Remove the cheesy leek mixture from the oven and let it rest for a few
minutes before topping with crispy bacon and spring onion - Serve with the crostini on the side and enjoy!