Cockaleekie Bake

• 4 chicken breasts
• 2 large leeks
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon butter
• 40 g butter
• 25 g all-purpose flour
• 425 ml of cold milk
• salt and pepper
• breadcrumbs, roughly crumbed
• grated cheese

1. Wash and chop leeks into one inch pieces and saute in oil or butter untill soft and coated.
2. Then remove from pan and put in a 25cm x 20cm x 10cm oven proof dish.
3. Cut up chicken into smallish pieces and brown in the same pan.
4. Scatter the chicken evenly on top of the leeks.
5. Set this to one side and make the sauce.
6. Place butter, flour, milk, salt and pepper in a pot on the stove top and heat on a medium heat.
7. Whisk untill the sauce starts to bubble and thicken and change to a wooden spoon to give it a good stir then whisk again thoroughly.
8. Turn the heat down and cook the sauce for about 5 minutes.
9. If you start with everything cold it won't go lumpy.
10. You can if you like add cheese to this or just leave it plain.
11. Pour sauce on top of chicken.
12. Mix bread crumbs and cheese and sprinkle on the top.
13. Place in a preheated oven at 175 or 350 for 45 minutes.

chicken breasts, leeks, olive oil, butter, flour, cold milk, salt, breadcrumbs, grated cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cockaleekie-bake-392346 (may not work)