Leek And Potato Cabbage Packets

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 400 g potatoes (4 good sized ones)
• 1 large leek (sliced in thin rings)
• 200 g cheddar cheese
• 100 g bacon bits
• 4 -6 leaves savoy cabbage
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup sour cream or 1/4 cup creme fraiche

Recipe

• 1 boil the potatoes with the leek until both are tender.
• 2 in the meantime, blanche the cabbage leaves in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, until just barely cooked. drain the leaves and allow them to cool.
• 3 put the bacon in a pan and fry until crisp. drain and cool.
• 4 grate the cheese.
• 5 when the potatoes and leek are tender, drain the pan and mash them with the sour cream. add salt and pepper to taste.
• 6 now you can assemble the packets: place one or two leaves on a clean surface, overlapping if there are two.spread 1/4 of the potato and leek mixture in the center and top it with 1/4 of the bacon and 1/4 of the cheese. carefully roll the leaves until you have a nice little packet. repeat until you have created four pretty packets. place them on a cookie sheet. up to now, you can refrigerate them until you need them.
• 7 20 minutes before you want to serve them, preheat the oven to 180c/350°f bake them until they are hot and bubbling but try to catch them before the leaves brown too much as that can give a bitter flavor. if need be, you can place a piece of brown paper on top of the packets to protect them.
• 8 the result is a lovely little packet of flavor. cabbage and bacon are a natural combination. as the irish will tell you, cabbage and potatoes also go together rather well. in fact, for all i know this could be a traditional irish dish and me a big idiot for not realizing it -- !