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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