Recipe: Leek Tart with bacon, mustard, and brie
As seen on a friend's social media:
Leek Tart with bacon, mustard, and brie.
Basic recipe:
2 medium leeks, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup sausage, pre-cooked, diced
1 cup Gruyere cheese, shredded
4 eggs
2/3 cup whipping cream
salt, to taste
nutmeg, to taste
Preheat oven to 375. Saute leeks in butter over low heat till soft. Add sausage and cook another 2-3 minutes. Spread cheese in bottom of pie pan. Top with leeks and sausage. Whisk together cream, eggs, salt, and nutmeg, and pour over. Bake 35-40 minutes or till knife inserted in center comes out clean. Can do in a pie crust or filo crust if desired. Try with different spices -- thyme, savory, smoked paprika. Or different sausages: kielbasa, chorizo, breakfast sausage. For this particular variation: Substitute 4 slices of bacon for sausage. Saute leeks in bacon fat (omit butter). Add 2 T mustard to the eggs and cream mix; omit nutmeg. Instead of putting cheese on the bottom, cover the top with about 6 ounces of brie, sliced thin.
(Friend recommends sausage as bacon is too greasy and rich for the dish.)
Leek Tart with bacon, mustard, and brie.
Basic recipe:
2 medium leeks, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup sausage, pre-cooked, diced
1 cup Gruyere cheese, shredded
4 eggs
2/3 cup whipping cream
salt, to taste
nutmeg, to taste
Preheat oven to 375. Saute leeks in butter over low heat till soft. Add sausage and cook another 2-3 minutes. Spread cheese in bottom of pie pan. Top with leeks and sausage. Whisk together cream, eggs, salt, and nutmeg, and pour over. Bake 35-40 minutes or till knife inserted in center comes out clean. Can do in a pie crust or filo crust if desired. Try with different spices -- thyme, savory, smoked paprika. Or different sausages: kielbasa, chorizo, breakfast sausage. For this particular variation: Substitute 4 slices of bacon for sausage. Saute leeks in bacon fat (omit butter). Add 2 T mustard to the eggs and cream mix; omit nutmeg. Instead of putting cheese on the bottom, cover the top with about 6 ounces of brie, sliced thin.
(Friend recommends sausage as bacon is too greasy and rich for the dish.)