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Add your photo of this encyclopedia entry. A fatty bacon that is taken from pork belly and smoked over beechwood with herbs and spices. Speck is too fatty to be eaten raw, and is used primarily to flavor soups and sauces. It is produced in Tyrol, Italy which is near the Swiss border, hence the German sounding name. Animal.
Leeks are root vegetables that look quite similar to onions, to which they are related. Their flavor is onion-like but much milder.eeks are most commonly used in soup, most notably in vichyssoise, a cold soup that also contains potatoes. Cooks who have a favorite potato soup recipe might want to try adding some sliced leeks next time they prepare it, since the flavors go well together.