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Filo leeks and cheese tart

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This is a very quick tart recipe, where the crust is made by a stacking filo pastry sheets.

224,3464.4/5 for 28 ratings

Grade this recipe:

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Last modified on: June 6^th 2013

For 1 tart, you will need:

• 1 2 leeks
• 2 2 eggs
• 3 ²⁄₃ cup liquid cream
• 4 1 shallot
• 5 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 2 tablespoons butter
• 7 ²⁄₃ cup cheese
• 8 4 sheets of filo pastry
• 9 salt
• 10 pepper

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
36 min.	41 min.	1 hour 17 min.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

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Stage 1 - 20 min.

Wash and slice 2 leeks thinly.

Peel and chop 1 shallot.

Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a pan on medium heat. When it's hot, add the chopped shallot, salt and pepper, and cook for one or two minutes.

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Stage 2 - 10 min.

Add the sliced leeks, mix well, cover and cook for about 10 minutes...

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Stage 3 - 1 min.

...until leeks are soft, but keep a pretty green colour.

Salt and pepper only now.

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Stage 4 - 1 min.

Melt 2 tablespoons butter.

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Stage 5 - 1 min.

Place a sheet of filo pastry in front of you.

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Stage 6 - 1 min.

Coat the whole surface with butter, using a brush.

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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.

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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).

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Stage 9 - 3 min.

Preheat oven to 200°C or 392°F.

Prepare the cream: in a bowl put 2 eggs, ²⁄₃ cup liquid cream, salt and pepper.

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Stage 10 - 1 min.

Beat well.

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Stage 11 - 1 min.

Put the leeks into the pastry case in an even layer.

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Stage 12 - 1 min.

Pour in the mixture.

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Stage 13 - 1 min.

Put slices of cheese on top.

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Stage 14 - 30 min.

Put in the oven for about 30 minutes.

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Stage 15

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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,103 Kcal or 8,805 Kj	63 gr	61 gr	178 gr
105 %	24 %	6 %	27 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
217 Kcal or 909 Kj	7 gr	6 gr	18 gr
11 %	3 %	1 %	3 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,103 Kcal or 8,805 Kj	63 gr	61 gr	178 gr
105 %	24 %	6 %	27 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

• For 1 tart : 3.44 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Caramelized pear custard tart, Flamiche, Croque-monsieur complet, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Hamburgers, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Truffade, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Marchand de vin sauce, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Mouna, Sweet pastry, Rosemary steamed fish, ... All
	Sheet of filo pastry : You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Langoustine sabayon tart, Crispy rolls with chicken and leek, Red rice pannequets, ... All

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