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Filo leeks and cheese tart
This is a very quick tart recipe, where the crust is made by a stacking filo pastry sheets.
308 K 4.3/5 (38 reviews)
1 hour 15 min.
Easy
3.90 €
1 tart
9 IngredientsLast modified on: April 17th 2022
For 1 tart, you will need:
- 1
2 leeks - 2
500 g quiche filling mixture - 3
1 shallot - 4
4 tablespoons olive oil - 5
30 g butter - 6
150 g cheese - 7
4 sheets of filo pastry - 8
salt - 9
pepper - Total weight: 1,220 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 35 min.
Cooking: 45 min.
All in all: 1 hour 15 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 20 min.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.
Add the sliced leeks, mix well, cover and cook for about 10 minutes...
Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 min.
...until leeks are soft, but keep a pretty green colour.
Salt and pepper only now.
Salt and pepper only now.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.
Melt 30 g butter.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.
Place a sheet of filo pastry in front of you.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.
Coat the whole surface with butter, using a brush.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.
Put the sheet into your mould or dish, buttered side down.
Trim off the surplus, and use the trimmings to completely cover the inside of the mould.
Trim off the surplus, and use the trimmings to completely cover the inside of the mould.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.
Do this with 2 or 3 layers of filo pastry, each time buttered side dowm.
Finally butter the upper surface of the last sheet (which will be buttered both sides).
Finally butter the upper surface of the last sheet (which will be buttered both sides).
Stage 9 - ⌛ 1 min.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 min.
Put the leeks into the pastry case in an even layer.
Stage 11 - ⌛ 1 min.
Pour in the mixture.
Stage 12 - ⌛ 1 min.
Put slices of cheese on top.
Stage 13 - ⌛ 30 min.
Put in the oven for about 30 minutes.
Stage 14
Remove when golden brown. It's ready.
Remarks
You can use any cheese you like, but I advise you to use a soft strong-flavoured cheese: Morbier, Maroilles or Munster (for French examples), or any good goat's cheese, etc.
If you love plenty of crust, add one or two more layers of filo pastry.
If you love plenty of crust, add one or two more layers of filo pastry.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 1 tart : 3.90 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
Quiche filling mixture
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Deep leek and potato quiche, Sorrel and potato quiche, Thin endive tart, No-pastry spinach and potato quiche, Two-cheese quiche, ... See them all 13
Cheese
Like these other recipes: Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Endive and cheese salad with croutons, Croque-monsieur complet, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Aligot, ... See them all 30
Butter
Like these other recipes: Walnut short bread, Buckwheat almond biscuits, Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), Antoinette's caramelized apple cake, Cabbage julienne with ham, ... See them all 488
Sheet of filo pastry
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