I love experimenting with food, it is a gamble but often yields unusual and delicious results. This particular dishes came out of a combination of using up what was on hand and a craving. I knew that I wanted to do a creamy pasta dish, I have such a weak spot for it, but I wanted to make it unusual. At first I resigned myself to just add some pesto to the sauce and be satisfied with that. But then I noticed the leeks in the fridge and I thought it would be fun to add some to the dish. But I didn't want to just saute them, I wanted to really bring out the sweetness of them, so I decided to caramelize them. Now I had caramelized onions before so I guessed that it wouldn't be too dissimilar. In the end I threw in some onions as well. The dish turned out wonderful and get my taste buds wondering what else I could do with caramelized leeks.
