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cock-a-leekie

NOUN
  1. soup made from chicken boiled with leeks

How To Use cock-a-leekie In A Sentence

  • You will struggle to get a plate of mince and tatties, stovies or even the relatively healthy cock-a-leekie soup south of Hadrian's Wall. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • There are some recipes which specifically call for a cockerel and of these the best known are the Scottish cock-a-leekie and the French coq au vin.
  • The traditional dish of haggis, neeps and tatties was also on the menu along with cock-a-leekie soup.
  • There will be a range of new products designed to reflect a more dynamic, younger customer base with a taste for something a little wilder than cock-a-leekie.
  • And so, with the assistance of Jenny, ten pails of milk from the dairy shed, three chickens caught from the coop, and four dozen large leeks from the kailyard, I presided over the preparation of cock-a-leekie soup and roasted potatoes for the laird and tenants of Lallybroch. Dragonfly in Amber
  • The traditional dish of haggis, neeps and tatties was also on the menu along with cock-a-leekie soup.
  • In the catering caravan a chef is spooning cock-a-leekie soup into a polystyrene cup for a weary-looking man.
  • Jeana served the first helping of cock-a-leekie stew to Ray, and, with a good-natured grin, he encouraged her to pile it on, despite her disapproving look.
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