Leek Butter Bean Chorizo Gratin Food

LEEK, BUTTER BEAN & CRISPY CHORIZO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter and a glug of olive oil in a casserole over a medium heat. Add the leeks and fry for 15 mins until softened and beginning to turn golden brown. Stir through the garlic and cook for a further 1 min.
• Tip the butter beans into the pan, pour over the hot stock and simmer, uncovered, for 10 mins. Blitz to a smooth consistency with a hand-held blender, then stir in the crème fraîche and season to taste. Keep warm over a low heat.
• Meanwhile, fry the chorizo in a small glug of olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat for 5 mins or until oily and crispy. Stir in the rosemary, cooking for a further minute. Ladle the soup into bowls and top with the rosemary and chorizo mixture, as well as any oil left in the pan. Serve with some crusty bread.

LEEK, BUTTER BEAN AND CHORIZO GRATIN

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200/180/Gas 6. Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the chorizo for a few minutes until slightly crisp and then scoop out, leaving the oil behind.
• Add the leeks to the oil with half of the garlic; cook for 5 minutes until soft. Pour in the sherry, beans and stock. Season, then bubble for 5 minutes.
• Blitz the bread to coarse breadcrumbs with the remaining garlic. Tip the leek mixture into an ovenproof dish. Stir in the chorizo and scatter over the breadcrumbs. Bake until golden, approx 10 minutes, and then serve with crusty bread.