This was a dish that both gave us the chance to use some seasonal vegetables and our fancy mandolin slicer. One of the best things about getting legally married is that people will buy you all the wonderful kitchen tools that seemed too frivolous or occasional-use for you to buy for yourself before, and the mandoline was one of those. OK, I still manage to cut myself on it from time to time, but for making clean even slices its amazing.
So the dish requires a certain amount of prep, but it was actually very easy to assemble. The use of apples in a savory dish was a little disorienting, but ultimately tasty, very Celebration of Fall. We decided that next time we would do some caramelized onions along with the leeks, and possibly add another layer of squash. It's a very good side dish, but a little thin for a main dish on its own.
The Luzon we'd had once before when my dad's old friend Kevin and Bette brought it to our house for dinner. It's a really nice rich but light bodied Spanish red, somewhere between zinfandel and pinot noir in flavor. This picture really doesn't do justice to the gorgeous color of the wine: a dark, almost purple burgundy. Perfect for this sort of autumnal meal. 
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