Thin endive tart

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 tart, you will need:

• 1 750 g endives (head of chicory)
• 2 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 4 slices smoked ham
• 4 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 200 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
• 6 500 g quiche filling mixture
• 7 50 g grated cheese
• 8 salt
• 9 pepper
• Total weight: 1,695 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
10 min.	50 min.	60 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1:

  Prepare the fried endives and ham

  
  Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).
  Prepare 750 g endives (head of chicory), but leave raw, rather than blanching.
  Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on medium heat. When hot, fry the endive halves for a few minutes on each side until nicely browned.
  Set aside.
• 2: Using the same pan, pour in 2 tablespoons olive oil and fry 4 slices smoked ham on both sides.
  Set aside.
• 3: Prepare 500 g quiche filling mixture.
• 4:

  Assemble the tart

  
  Roll out the puff pastry and line the tin or mould. Spread out the slices of fried ham in the bottom...
• 5: ...then the endives.
• 6: Pour in the filling mixture and scatter 50 g grated cheese over the top.
• 7:

  Cook the tart

  
  Bake low in the oven (to make sure the bottom of the tart cooks properly) until the top is browned - about 30 minutes or so.
  Eat warm or cold with a good green salad and french dressing (vinaigrette), for example.

Remarks

If you would prefer a slightly milder flavour, you can blanch the endives.
On the other hand, if you would prefer a stronger flavour, fry the endives and add 2 tablespoonsful of vinegar at the end.

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