1,377 easy and fully explained recipes, with 27,081 photos and 78 videos

Maroilles cheese quiche

Traditional recipe from northern France, using a typical and tasty regional cheese. But this can be replaced by another (see below).

235K 3 35 4.3

Last modified on: April 17^th 2022

Keywords for this recipe:

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

Change these quantities to make: 1 tart 2 tarts 3 tarts

Change measures: Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 37 min.	50 min.	2 hours 27 min.

At what time:

When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ?
Work this out...

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Line the mould or tin with pastry, prick base all over, then keep in the fridge.

Stage 2 - 40 min.

Peel 4 potatoes, wash and cook them in salted water, until they are just tender.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Allow to cool then cut into fairly thick slices.

Stage 4 - 20 min.

Wash and slice thinly 1 leek and 1 shallot.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

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.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

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.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Cut 250 g Maroilles cheese into thick slices, including crust.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Prepare 500 g Quiche filling mixture.

set aside.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Preheat your oven to 410°F (210°C).

Put a layer of leek into the pastry case.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

A layer of bacon (optional).

Stage 11 - 3 min.

Cover with a layer of potato slices.

Stage 12 - 2 min.

Pour in the mixture.

Stage 13 - 3 min.

Arrange cheese on top.

Stage 14 - 40 min.

And put in bottom of oven for around 30-40 minutes.

Stage 15

The tart is ready when it is nice and golden brown.

Serve to your guests, warm if possible, with a green salad.

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.

And to drink?

A good beer, possibly from the northen France, a jenlain for example.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, folded in a plastic film.

Source

Nicolas.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,084 Kcal or 12,912 Kj	128 gr	239 gr	364 gr
154 %	49 %	23 %	55 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
161 Kcal or 674 Kj	7 gr	13 gr	19 gr
8 %	3 %	1 %	3 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,084 Kcal or 12,912 Kj	128 gr	239 gr	364 gr
154 %	49 %	23 %	55 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Sulfites, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 7.07 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Quiche filling mixture: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: bread-crust quiche, Leek and fresh tuna tart, Thin endive tart, Two-cheese quiche, Filo leeks and cheese tart, ... All
	Maroilles cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Ch'ti mussel tarts, Gratin du Nord, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green bean purée, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Potatoes with prawns, Hotpot my grandmother's way , Alsatian-style salad, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mexican tart, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Carbonnade, Crispy prawn rolls, ... All

Other recipes you may also like

Sesame fried scampi

Scampi, coated with a sesame crust, fried quickly, and served with a herb salad.
284K5 33 min. November 11^th 2012

Chocolate muffins

Variation on muffins recipe. In this version each one is filled with a dark chocolate ganache.
300K4.3 1 hour 15 min. February 21^th 2011

Succès praliné (praline meringue)

The "succès" (success) is a classic of traditional French patisserie, made with two layers of almond meringue filled with praline butter cream. It's very rich and a little old-fashioned these days, but still has many faithful fans. The original recipe comes from the master chef Gaston Lenôtre, and...
345K 34.4 4 hours 16 min. June 20^th 2010

How to prepare endives

A very classic recipe, but which can easily fail due to two main errors: too much water in bottom of dish because endives give off a lot, and endives that are too bitter so that children hate it. Here is a method which avoids these two problems.
444K3.7 26 min. February 14^th 2012

Chorba

Chorba is a spicy meat and vegetable soup, typical of the Maghreb. This is my own personal version.
131K5 2 hours 8 min. May 4^th 2012

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.

Post your comment or question

Your 3 comments or questions on this recipe

Yes, le Tour demands some very special cooking! There are so many fabulous recipes on your site; I want to try them all. The photos are really helpful. Your chef techniques are advanced for me (I've never made puff pastry from scratch before) but its really fun to try new things. Thank you so much for sharing. My husband really appreciates it too!
Posted by Karen may 1^st 2009 at 01:05 (n° 3)
Hi Karen, I Hope that the next published recipes will be good enough for le tour de france...
Posted by jh april 15^th 2009 at 17:20 (n° 2)
Thank you so much for this recipe. I made it to celebrate the Paris-Roubaix bike race with the substitute of Munster cheese. Served with green salad as you suggested. We enjoyed it (and the race) very much. I will be looking for more great recipes to cook my way through the Tour de France! Karen from Tennessee, USA
Posted by Karen april 13^th 2009 at 13:42 (n° 1)

Follow this recipe

If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.

Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.