This is a very, very late entry to the ‘In the Bag’ event hosted by ‘A Slice of Cherry Pie’ and ‘A Real Epicurean’, but when I made this tart this morning, I couldn’t resist!!
My partner got back yesterday from a week skiing in France (lucky thing!), and returned with a ton of cheese in his suitcase! So, combining some of the cheese with the bacon and leeks I picked up from the farmer’s market 
We took this to the beach and had a wonderful picnic in the sunshine. It feels very strange, but very nice, to actually have my weekends back!
Bacon, Leek and Cheese Tart
Ingredients:
250gr puff pastry
120gr leeks (cut into sticks)
60gr butter
130gr bacon (chopped into 1cm squares)
60gr cheese (grated), I used Beaufort, but Gruyere or anything else that needs using-up is fine!
2 eggs
100ml double cream
A pinch of dried thyme
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius.
- Spray or wipe a loose-bottomed flan tin with oil.
- Roll out the pastry and place in the tin. Put some greaseproof paper on top, followed by some baking beans. Place in the oven for 20 mins.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the leeks and cook for about 15 mins.
When the leeks are soft, remove from the pan and drain on kitchen-paper. Add the bacon to the same pan, turn-up the heat and fry for about 5 mins until crispy.
- Mix the eggs with the cream, thyme and some salt and pepper.
- After removing the greaseproof pastry and beans from the pastry case add the leeks and bacon.
- Pour over the egg mixture and top with the cheese.
- Place in the oven for 20 mins, or until the tart is set.
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Wow, this tart looks delicious! I envy you all that yummy cheese from France. We had a tart yesterday made with bacon and mushrooms, at the beach by the Pacific - it was cold and nippy, but that salty sea air made it all the more delicious!
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OMG that looks so SO good. I love that kind of food--husband is always on the fence about it so I don't get near as much as I want.
ReplyDeleteLooks absolutely delicious. I love these kind of tarts and never would have thought to make it from puff pastry.
ReplyDeleteOysterculture - sounds good! I think I'll have to try adding mushrooms to this. The beach was also quite 'cold and nippy' here, but the sea was great!
ReplyDeleteLaura - it's great, but soooo bad for you!!! I keep meaning to try to make a 'healthy' version, grilling the bacon and using olive oil instead of butter, but I never quite round to it!
Jules - I know, it seems weird to make it with puff pastry, but it seems to work!
Delicious. Don't you love leeks? I have never had a bad experience with them. The drawback is cleaning the silly things. Great post!
ReplyDeleteapplecrumbles - Thanks! Leeks are one of my favourite vegetables, I could serioulsy write a blog of purely leek recipes given half a chance...!
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