Leek & Onion Tart

Having a leek? Taking the p*** more like, as this is the third leek recipe in as many weeks. This I promise is the last one. For a while. Hopefully.

Ingredients :

2oz butter
2 leeks (funnily enough) sliced
2 medium onions sliced
2 cloves garlic chopped
6 mushrooms sliced
4 eggs
75ml double cream
4 oz Cheddar or Gruyere grated
short crust pastry (bought...make your own if you have time but why?)
seasoning

Method :

Roll out your pastry and line a lightly buttered quiche dish / flan dish, pushing gently into the ridges and trimming off any excess.

Melt the butter in a heavy frying pan and saute the leeks, onion and garlic until soft. Add the mushrooms and cook until dark and the flavours start to mix (taste it) Season well. (taste it again!) Add the mix to the bottom of the pastry case, spreading evenly.

In a bowl, beat the eggs lightly (like making an omelette) then add the cream. Make sure the mix isn't too thin...it should be gloopy.

Spread the grated cheese over the leek and onions, then fill the pastry case with the egg mixture. Season again. Bake in a moderate oven for 30 mins, checking that the top doesn't burn as you get near the end of the cooking period, but cook well as the pastry on the bottom should be soft but firm.