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Leek "De Carentan 2"
Eco seeds
Leek "De Carentan 2" - Allium porrum L.
The variety is late ripening (period from germination to harvesting 125-175 days), cold-resistant. The plant is 30-50 cm high. The leaves are dark green, wide.
The false stem is cylindrical, low - 10-25 cm, but thick - up to 5-6 cm in diameter.The mass of one plant is 200-325 g.
Grown to obtain a bleached stem - "legs". The shape of the "leg" is cylindrical, diameter 3-4 cm, weight 200-300 g, height 15-20 cm.
The thickened, white part of the stem with a delicate mild taste and young leaves are used for food. The false stem and young, green leaves are used for food, colorless leaves during storage.
Leek has a pleasant, slightly pungent taste. They are used fresh and stewed for preparing salads and other dishes.
Agrotechnics.
Well cultivated, fertile soils are taken away under the leek. The best predecessors for him are cabbage, cucumbers and legumes. Leeks are grown through seedlings. Seeds are sown in late February - early March, and seedlings are planted in the ground at the end of April - early May, in furrows 6-10 cm deep, the distance between rows is 25-30 cm, in a row 10-25 cm. Further care consists of systematic loosening row spacing, weeding, watering and dressing.
The variety is late ripening (period from germination to harvesting 125-175 days), cold-resistant. The plant is 30-50 cm high. The leaves are dark green, wide.
The false stem is cylindrical, low - 10-25 cm, but thick - up to 5-6 cm in diameter.The mass of one plant is 200-325 g.
Grown to obtain a bleached stem - "legs". The shape of the "leg" is cylindrical, diameter 3-4 cm, weight 200-300 g, height 15-20 cm.
The thickened, white part of the stem with a delicate mild taste and young leaves are used for food. The false stem and young, green leaves are used for food, colorless leaves during storage.
Leek has a pleasant, slightly pungent taste. They are used fresh and stewed for preparing salads and other dishes.
Agrotechnics.
Well cultivated, fertile soils are taken away under the leek. The best predecessors for him are cabbage, cucumbers and legumes. Leeks are grown through seedlings. Seeds are sown in late February - early March, and seedlings are planted in the ground at the end of April - early May, in furrows 6-10 cm deep, the distance between rows is 25-30 cm, in a row 10-25 cm. Further care consists of systematic loosening row spacing, weeding, watering and dressing.
Eng.: European Leek, Garden Leek. Suom.: Purjo, purjosipuli. Sven.: Purjolök.
* Cream soup with leeks.
For this you will need:
300 g green lentils
4 onions
2 leeks
3 potato tubers
1 bay leaf
50 g butter
20 g mint greens
salt and ground white pepper to taste.
Preparation:
Rinse the lentils well, add 1 litre of hot water, add a bay leaf and cook for 1 hour.
Peel and chop the onions. Cut the leek into slices and the potatoes into cubes.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the onion and leek and fry, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, cover the saucepan with a lid and keep on low heat for another 7 minutes. Add salt and pepper, add 400 ml of hot water and cook covered over low heat for 15 minutes.
Rub the soup through a sieve or grind in a blender. Remove the bay leaf from the lentils and add them to the resulting puree.
Wash the mint, dry and finely chop. Pour the finished cream soup into bowls, put chopped mint in each and serve.
