Main
Recipes
Course
Appetizers & Snacks
Potato Cake With Creamed Leeks and Escargot Recipe

Potato Cake With Creamed Leeks and Escargot Recipe

Posted by

Rate It!

Potato Cake With Creamed Leeks and Escargot

Add your photo!

Count

Calories

Minutes

Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

Serving

4 slices smoked bacon, diced
2 leeks, white parts only (well cleaned and coarsely chopped )
1/2 cup heavy cream
3 baking potatoes
8 escargot
4 tbsp peanut oil
3 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
2 (28 oz) cans plum tomatoes ( progresso preferred)
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 tbsp dried basil
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp sugar

Directions:

For the tomato sauce: heat olive oil; saute onions until soft.
Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
For the creamed leeks and escargot:.
In a medium skillet, cook the diced bacon for five minutes; add leeks and cook until tender.
Add cream and cook until thickened.
For the potato cake:.
Peel and grate the potatoes.
Place on a teatowel and squeeze out as much moisture as you can.
Spread potatoes out evenly and season with salt and pepper.
Cut the spread potatoes in half; divide each half into quarters.
Place 1/4 of the leek mixture on four potato sections; divide the escargot among those four sections.
Cover with the remaining four potato sections.
Press each one down to ensure the filling is secure in each cake.
Heat peanut oil in large skillet to 360F; carefully ease each cake into pan and cook until golden brown, about five minutes.
Carefully turn with a spatula to cook on the other side.
To serve, spoon a puddle of tomato sauce on a heated serving plate; place cooked potato cake on top of the sauce.

Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	456.48 Kcal (1911 kJ)
Calories from fat	371.46 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	41.27g	63%
Cholesterol	39.03mg	13%
Sodium	802.89mg	33%
Potassium	567.55mg	12%
Total Carbs	17.15g	6%
Sugars	7.86g	31%
Dietary Fiber	3.11g	12%
Protein	6.68g	13%
Vitamin C	16.6mg	28%
Iron	2.4mg	13%
Calcium	69.4mg	7%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	241.33 Kcal (1010 kJ)
Calories from fat	196.38 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	21.82g	63%
Cholesterol	20.63mg	13%
Sodium	424.47mg	33%
Potassium	300.05mg	12%
Total Carbs	9.07g	6%
Sugars	4.15g	31%
Dietary Fiber	1.64g	12%
Protein	3.53g	13%
Vitamin C	8.8mg	28%
Iron	1.2mg	13%
Calcium	36.7mg	7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

salty
savory
bitter
sweet

Search recipes
by ingredients

Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Analyze

Try this similar recipes

Salsa Di Pomodoro

Olive oil, Onions, chopped or 1 tbsp onion powder and 10 more..
Low Fat Penne a La Vodka

Olive oil, Onion, diced and 13 more..
Garlicky Pasta Sauce

Olive oil and 8 more..
Fabulous Penne a La Vodka

Olive oil, Onion, chopped, Crushed tomatoes, Dried oregano and 11 more..
Crock Pot Vegetarian Lasagna

Olive oil, Onions, diced, Garlic cloves, crushed and 11 more..
Vegetarian Pasta Sauce

Olive oil, Onion, diced and 11 more..
Green Beans 'n Fennel

Lite olive oil, Onion, chopped, Garlic, chopped and 7 more..
Chicago-Style Stuffed Spinach Pizza

Active dry yeast, Sugar, Warm water, Vegetable oil, Flour and 17 more..
Trisha Yearwood's Cowboy Lasagna

Lean ground beef, Sage sausage, Onion, finely chopped and 13 more..
Skillet Chicken Pasta

Spaghettini, Olive oil and 16 more..
Turkey and Pepper Moussaka

Oil, Red peppers , cut into strips and 12 more..