Maroilles cheese quiche

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 tart, you will need:

• 1 250 g Maroilles cheese
• 2 1 Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
• 3 1 leek
• 4 1 shallot
• 5 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 4 potatoes
• 7 125 g small pieces of bacon (optional)
• 8 1 tablespoon vinegar (optional)
• 9 500 g Quiche filling mixture
• 10 salt
• 11 pepper
• Total weight: 1,910 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 40 min.	50 min.	2 hours 30 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Line the mould or tin with pastry, prick base all over, then keep in the fridge.
• 2: Peel 4 potatoes, wash and cook them in salted water, until they are just tender.
• 3: Allow to cool then cut into fairly thick slices.
• 4: Wash and slice thinly 1 leek and 1 shallot.
• 5: Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a pan over medium heat, add sliced shallot, salt and pepper and cook for a minute or two.
  Add leek, salt and pepper, and cook a few minutes without letting it colour.
  Set aside.
• 6: If you wish to add 125 g small pieces of bacon, cook in a frying pan without fat and add, at the last minute, a tablespoon of vinegar.
  Set aside.
• 7: Cut 250 g Maroilles cheese into thick slices, including crust.
• 8: Prepare 500 g Quiche filling mixture.
  set aside.
• 9: Preheat your oven to 410°F (210°C).
  Put a layer of leek into the pastry case.
• 10: A layer of bacon (optional).
• 11: Cover with a layer of potato slices.
• 12: Pour in the mixture.
• 13: Arrange cheese on top.
• 14: And put in bottom of oven for around 30-40 minutes.
• 15: The tart is ready when it is nice and golden brown.
  Serve to your guests, warm if possible, with a green salad.
• 16: A good beer, possibly from the northen France, a jenlain for example.

Remarks

If you don't have Maroilles cheese, you can use other ones instead. I advise you to go for a rather soft strong cheese like Reblochon, Munster, Morbier, etc.
You can also replace puff pastry by shortcrust.

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