I'll start with a recipe i kinda invented:
Spaghetti with Leek-Lemon Sauce:
Ingredients:
- Leek
- Heavy Sour Cream / Crème Fraiche
- cream
- 1-2 Lemons
- 1-3 teaspoons of good(!) Mustard - i'd recommend dijon mustard. it must be really good - otherwise it's better to leave it out.
- 2-3 bay leafs
- white wine
- some clear soup (stock cube?) ~ about 0.1 to 0.2 l
- olive oil
- Cut the Leek into fine, thin slices (2-3 mm)
- Heat oil in a pan, put the leek in it
- before the leek gets brown, pour a fair amount of wine and the clear soup into the pan (so that the wine level is about 0.5 to 1 cm) - add the bay leafs and let it cook for about 2-3 minutes
- add sour cream and cream until you get a sauce of desired consistency - if it gets to creamy, add some water; if it gets to liquid, let it cook
- add salt, pepper, mustard and lemon juice until you feel it tastes right. i like it rather sour with a slight note of mustard; but this is up to your taste. this part requires some cooking skills though.
Either add small shrimps or small sticks of bacon. put them into the pan just before the leek.