Check if model belongs to user for specific routes - Laravel 5.1

I want to check if a recipe belongs to the logged in user. The best way is middleware I guess.

So I created a middleware: AuthRecipe, containing the following code:

 $repo = new RecipeRepository;
 $recipe = $repo->getById($request->recipes);

 if($recipe->user_id !== $request->user()->id)
 {
    return redirect()->to('/');
 }

In the RecipeController I use the middleware like:

$this->middleware('auth.recipe', ['only' => ['update', 'edit', 'destroy']]);

This works fine, if the recipe doesn't belong to the user, the user gets redirected to home, but...

Now I have duplicated code. If the recipe belongs to the user, it will get the recipe inside the middleware, but also in the controller itself. So I already know the recipe and don't need to get the recipe again in the controller.

Of course I can use a method in the model itself.

public function auth() {
    if($this->user_id !== Auth::user()->id) {
        redirect()->to('/');
    }
}

But then I have to call that method for every method that needs to be protected. I think the middleware is more cleaner. Calling $recipe->auth() is not really a controller's responsibility.

Is there some way to pass the recipe data from the middleware to the controller?

via Chebli Mohamed