Leek, potato and goat’s cheese cakes

Name: Leek, potato and goat’s cheese cakes
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 250 g (9oz) leeks; 550 g (11⁄4lb) potatoes; Salt and ground black pepper; 150 g (5oz) soft goat's cheese; 25 g (1oz) butter; 125 g (4oz) feta cheese; 50 g (2oz) fresh breadcrumbs; Flour for dusting; Oil for brushing; Fresh herbs to garnish

These delicious vegetable cakes can be made ahead of time and frozen for eating at a later date. Serve up alongside barbecues kebabs.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 12 August 1997

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Yields:

Prep Time:

35 mins

Cook Time:

45 mins

Total Time:

1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

250 g (9oz) leeks
550 g (11⁄4lb) potatoes
Salt and ground black pepper
150 g (5oz) soft goat's cheese
25 g (1oz) butter
125 g (4oz) feta cheese
50 g (2oz) fresh breadcrumbs
Flour for dusting
Oil for brushing
Fresh herbs to garnish

Directions

1. Step 1
  Rinse and finely chop the leeks. Peel and cook the potatoes in boiling, salted water until tender, then drain and dry well. Mash the potato with the soft goat's cheese.
2. Step 2
  Melt butter in a saucepan, add the leeks and cook for 10min or until very soft. Increase heat and cook, stirring, until all the liquid has evaporated. Cool, then mix with potatoes, crumbled feta cheese and breadcrumbs. Season well. Cover and refrigerate for 3-4hr.
3. Step 3
  Shape the chilled mixture into 16 cakes, each 6.5cm (21/2in) across and 1cm (1/2in) deep.
4. Step 4
  Dust the cakes with flour and brush with oil. Barbecue for 2-3min each side until golden and crisp. Garnish with herbs to serve.
5. Step 5
  To freeze: Cool, pack and freeze the cakes at the end of step 3. To serve thaw the cakes overnight at cool room temperature and then complete the recipe.
  
  Other must-try savoury cake recipes:
  
  Salmon, feta and spinach fish cakes
  
  Bubble and squeek cake
  
  Crispy parsnip cakes
  
  Spicy salmon fish cakes with zesty vegetables
  
  Salmon and pea fish cakes

Per Serving:

Calories: 195

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