Actress and Television Personality, Lisa Faulkner displays her culinary skills with this recipe for Tomato, Chive and Leek Tart. With seasonal vegetable ingredients like tomatoes and chives, and a hearty serving of cream, this meal is sure to please the entire family come dinner time. Serve with a fresh green salad to compliment the richness of the dish.
Serves 4
Cooking time: 55 minutes
What You Need:
- 250g puff pastry
- 2 leeks, thinly sliced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper 12 whole baby leeks, trimmed
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 75ml crème fraiche
- 75ml double cream
- 25g butter
- 150g Boursin Tomato, Onion & Chive
What To Do:
- Roll out pastry on a lightly floured work surface and use to line a 45cm x 25cm rectangular fluted tart tin. Cover with cling film and chill for 30 minutes
- Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180C/fan160C/Gas 4. Prick the pastry case, line with parchment paper and baking beans and bake blind for about 15 minutes. Remove the pastry case from the oven, remove the baking beans and paper, then bake for a further 5-10 minutes. Remove the pastry case from the oven and reduce oven temperature to 160C/fan140C/Gas 3
- Meanwhile melt half the butter in a large pan, add the sliced leeks, a pinch of salt and pepper and cover and cook over a low heat until softened. Remove the leeks from the heat and cool
- Add the remaining butter to the pan and heat until melted. Add the baby leeks, another pinch of salt and pepper and cook over a gentle heat, until softened
- In a jug mix together the eggs, crème fraiche, double cream and Boursin Tomato, Onion & Chive cheese, until smooth. Spread the sliced leeks over the base of the pastry case. Pour over the cheese mixture and arrange the whole leeks on top
- Bake the tart for about 30 minutes until set. Remove from the oven and serve
Recipe from www.boursin.co.uk