{"id":63,"date":"2026-11-01T10:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T10:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/?p=63"},"modified":"2026-11-01T10:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T10:13:03","slug":"meal-of-the-week-leek-bearnaise-linguine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/meal-of-the-week-leek-bearnaise-linguine\/","title":{"rendered":"A quick leek linguine for a November evening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first meal in our weekly selection is a small plan for a dark November evening: pasta for two, with leeks taking the lead. Waitrose\u2019s leek and b\u00e9arnaise linguine uses a prepared sauce to bring the dish together, with pecorino and toasted breadcrumbs providing a different finish from the usual tomato pasta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a useful choice when the evening is short but you still want to sit down to something warm. The published timings are five minutes of preparation and twenty minutes of cooking. That puts it comfortably in the quicker end of this series, without needing a long shopping list or a separate main course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan the meal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before shopping, check the sauce and cheese specified in the original recipe. They are part of its character, rather than incidental garnishes. If you already have pasta and breadcrumbs, compare the cupboard with the ingredient list before adding more to the basket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our suggestion is to keep the rest of supper simple and let the contrasting textures do the work. Put the recipe somewhere easy to read before starting: the pasta and leeks share cooking time, so a little preparation makes the evening easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serves 2. Preparation: 5 minutes. Cooking: 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recipe credit: Waitrose Food, October 2026, page 71. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waitrose.com\/ecom\/recipe\/leek-bearnaise-linguine\">Read the full Leek &amp; b\u00e9arnaise linguine recipe at Waitrose<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soft leeks, creamy b\u00e9arnaise and a crisp breadcrumb finish make this a short, comforting pasta supper for two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kl_article_kicker":"Meal of the Week","kl_article_image_credit":"Image: Waitrose & Partners \u2014 leek & b\u00e9arnaise linguine. Original recipe linked below.","kl_demo_content":false,"kl_meal_recipe_url":"https:\/\/www.waitrose.com\/ecom\/recipe\/leek-bearnaise-linguine","kl_meal_serves":"2","kl_meal_timing":"Prep 5 minutes \u00b7 Cook 20 minutes","kl_meal_from":"2026-11-01","kl_meal_until":"2026-11-13","kl_home_hidden":0,"kl_home_until":"","footnotes":"","kl_seo_title":"A quick leek linguine for a November evening | Kenilworth Life","kl_seo_description":"Soft leeks, creamy b\u00e9arnaise and a crisp breadcrumb finish make this a short, comforting pasta supper for two."},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenilworth.life\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}