This leeks quiche is one of the first quiches I ever made. It’s very tasteful and rather easy to make. It’s better to use homemade pâte brisée, and I give you a recipe to make it, but you can use any pâte brisée you like. Give it a try, you worth it!
In two words:
“The beautiful women of Wu country pour the wine they invite us to taste”
To Start...
difficulty – easy
preparation- 15'
cooking - 10’-15’for the leeks + 45’ in the oven
serves - 8 small parts ou 4 big parts
To Sum-up...
Ingredients
- 2 small leeks (only the white part)
- 1 medium size onion
- 65gr of smoked bacon cut in dices
- 45gr of French Comté or Emmental or gruyere cheese
- 2 large eggs
- 50ml of heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons of olive oil
- ½ teaspoon of fleur de sel or coarse salt
- 10 turn mills of Kampot black pepper
- 1 disk of American pate brisee
Steps
for the dough
- Spread some butter over a tart dish with 18cm of Ø
- Press the pate brisee in a disk with a height of 2mm
- Place the dough into the dish
- Press the dough with your finger to cover well the borders
- Place the pie into the freezer for 30’
for the bacon dices
- Heat a frying pan and put the bacon in it
- Stir constantly until the moment where the bacon becomes crispy and changes its color
- Place the bacon dices into a bowl
- Remove the fat from the pan
- Clean the pan with paper towel
for the leeks fondue
- Preheat the oven at 180°C
- Wash and trim the ends of the leeks, keeping only the white part
- Slice the leeks in fine rounds
- Peel and chisel the onion
- Heat-up a pan
- Add the onion without any fat and stir constantly until it starts to lose its crunchiness and starts to shine
- Add the olive oil and stir in the onion until it starts to change color and becomes a bit brown
- Add the rounds of leeks and stir in with the onion until they lose completely their crunchiness
- Remove from heat, add the cream, stir everything together
- Add the eggs one by on and stir with a wooden spoon
- Add the bacon, and stir
- Add salt and pepper and stir everything together
bring it all together
- Get the dough out of the freezer
- Put on top the leeks fondue
- Place the tarte into a preheated oven and cook for 45’
- Enjoy :-)
o-o C'est si bon ! o-o
- Categories: Starchy Food & Quiches, Recipes
- Ingredients: comté, heavy cream, flour, olive oil, bacon, eggs, onion, leeks
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