Leek and Potato Tart
Leeks are in season! And this leek and potato tart makes a lovely evening meal or lunch with a green salad. I made it with lardons but it is also lovely with smoked salmon.
See the following for some similar recipes : Quiche or Courgette Tart
Ingredients :
- A short-cut pastry (recipe here) or a puff pastry
- 5 medium sized potatoes
- 3 leeks
- 3 eggs
- 150ml of milk or creme fraîche
- 200g bacon lardons or 4 slices of smoked salmon
- 100g grated cheese (I use gruyere but any hard cheese works)
- Salt & Pepper
Method :
- Wash and peel potatoes
- Wash leeks, remove any withered outer leaves and trim off then end of the roots and the green leaves (leave a little green as this will have more colour to your dish)
- Chop potatoes and leeks and cook in salted boiling water for approx 20 minutes (until cooked)
- Roll out pastry and press into a quiche tin, prick the base with a fork
- If using lardons fry in a pan, when cooked spread on the pastry base, if using smoked salmon cut into strips and do as for lardons
- Beat the 3 eggs with the milk or creme fraiche, salt, pepper and grated cheese
- Strain potatoes and leeks and add to the lardons
- Cover with the milk and egg mixture
- Cook in oven for approx 35 minutes at 180°C until nice and golden